I need a life. I need a friend. I need a change. But nothing ever changes.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

My biggest problem with organized religion is that God has been imagined as a human being with emotions. I feel if you let go of that, then it's possible to see God as a force, to connect to him or her spiritually.

The first several scenes are about sexual addiction. They're not specifically political at all... I didn't sit down and think, ''I am going to write something about the religious right.'' I started out by writing something about sexual addiction, and it evolved... I don't look at a calendar and say: ''Oh! There's going to be an election in 1996. I think now, in 1993, I'll start writing a play that'll be ready for it.''

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.

On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.