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

The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.

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

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.

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

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.