The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.

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.

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.

My fault now is making my plays too short.