My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under the tutelage of a Coca-Cola sign.

A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.

Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director.

My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.

In Chicago, we love our crooks!

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.

Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.