Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it themselves.

I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk anymore.

I love to work, although sometimes I can spend whole days doing nothing more than picking the lint off the carpet and talking to my mother on the phone.

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.