I suspect that the theme, the nature of the characters, and the method of getting from the beginning of the play to the end is already established in the unconscious.

I usually think about a play anywhere from six months to a year and a half before I sit down to write it out.

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

I imagine as an axiom you could say that the better the play, the less "creativity" the director need exert.

I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time.

Writing has got to be an act of discovery....I write to find out what I'm thinking about.

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians