With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.

Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike.

Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.

I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.

All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.

With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.