Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.

Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings.

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

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

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

Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.