We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.

So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere.

I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.

We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.

Only assholes write plays about Nazis.

With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.