The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.

I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes.

I think that some of these plays are lost in this new horror called development, which is a place for dramaturgs to say "let me tell you what your play means," and the life gets sucked out of a play.

I'm an American playwright. Tennessee Williams got in all our DNA.

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create what they need.

Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don't believe in gravity.

The power of the past to still dominate our thinking today.