I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.

A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.

You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.

I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I've lived here for sixteen years.

I imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest. Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart. Somewhere so deep inside that the doctors can't find it with all their machines and microcameras.

I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.