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.

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.

My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.

When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.

I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.