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> [I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-believe-in-poetic-discourse-in-the-value-of-speech-in-a-non/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

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## More by Howard Barker

> [“I wish I were not sensual... I wish I had not got from my mother, or my father was it, this need to grasp…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-wish-i-were-not-sensual-i-wish-i-had-not-got-from-my-mother-or-my/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I'm not interested in observed reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-m-not-interested-in-observed-reality/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I don't like sympathetic characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-don-t-like-sympathetic-characters/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [It is impossible – now, at this point in the long journey of human culture – to avoid the sense that pain is necessity;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/it-is-impossible-now-at-this-point-in-the-long-journey-of-human/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/when-i-write-i-am-not-giving-a-lecture-i-am-speculating-on-behavior/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-am-so-far-as-i-am-aware-not-at-all-influenced-by-dramatists-expect/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [“It's time we started taking our audiences more seriously, and stop telling them stories they can understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/it-s-time-we-started-taking-our-audiences-more-seriously-and-stop/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I'm not interested in entertainment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-m-not-interested-in-entertainment/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-ve-often-taken-important-classical-biblical-or-literary-stories-and/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-submit-all-my-plays-to-the-national-theatre-for-rejection-to-assure/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-believe-in-poetic-discourse-in-the-value-of-speech-in-a-non/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/a-good-play-puts-the-audience-through-a-certain-ordeal/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/theatre-should-be-a-taxing-experience-the-greatest-achievement-of-a/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/i-have-plenty-of-political-views-and-plenty-of-social-and-personal/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

> [Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-barker/tragedy-is-the-greatest-art-form-of-all-it-gives-us-the-courage-to/)

[Howard Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-barker/)

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