I don't know anybody who does what I do. I'm very underground.

I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work.

I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing.

I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic.

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

The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

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