Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up.

You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.

I believe in the American theatre. I believe in its power to inform about the human condition, its power to heal ... its power to uncover the truths we wrestle from uncertain and sometimes unyielding realities.

The details of our struggle to survive and prosper, in what has been a difficult and sometimes bitter relationship with a system of laws and practices that deny us access to the tools necessary for productive and industrious life, are available to any serious student of history or sociology.

I don't write for a particular audience.

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.