It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material.

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

I write, but I also act.

There is nothing more boring than people who love you.

For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.