I don't have an ideal reader. I'm trying to reach something simple and, I believe, universal, in every single person.
Ayad AkhtarI have no interest in problematizing things. So what I am writing to is that simple sense of being human in myself.
Ayad AkhtarIf you want to really deeply touch the viewer or the reader, the theater might be the most powerful way to do it.
Ayad AkhtarIn my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not.
Ayad Akhtar