You have to watch out with my plays. They're like yeast. You think they're one thing, then all of a sudden subtext gets to working.
I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.
Writing is the thing that props me up.
When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid
I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South.
I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.