Always I have persisted, regardless of reception or results. On…the only thing that counts is the work itself and the need to go on with it to the highest possible level, with the most intense personal concentration. It was Beckett who taught me not to be distracted or disturbed by success or failure, by praise or blame, by surface or show, analysis or distraction, self-criticism or the criticism of others.” Alan Schneider, Preface to Entrances
