It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn't a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don't have to be very smart.

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

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.

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.