This book contains essays, speeches, and interviews by the renowned German playwright and theater director Heiner Müller (1929-1995), from 1970 until his death in 1995. They decisively show how the author's style and views evolved over this period, as well as his understanding of his role as an artist in an ever changing political climate. Yet, the plots that were of interest to him, from antiquity to Brecht, remained consistent throughout the years.