People tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does. That is one last thing to remember. Writers are always selling somebody out.

I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.

Once in a while there were things in screenwriting that taught me things for fiction. But there's nothing in screenwriting that teaches you anything for the theater. I'm not sure I've ever fully appreciated before how different a form theater is.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you do.

Becoming a parent is actually terrifying. A lot of people have that feeling about their dogs. And if you're the kind of person who's going to have that feeling about a dog you're definitely going to have that about a child.

Everything goes. I am working very hard at not thinking about how everything goes.