I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.