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

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.

Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

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.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

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.