Everyone talks about America, this great country. You hear, "I'm more patriotic than you are. No, I'm more patriotic!" But how few people know the history of this country and how we came into being. That's the part that just amazed me.

James Joyce wrote the definitive work about Dublin while he was living in Switzerland. We're all where we come from. We all have our roots.

I wanted to be a Bride of Christ but I guess now I'm a young divorcee.

I don't think about taking a risk. I think about how far can I go. How can I make myself. What are the risks I must create.

I'm sure there are some good dramaturgs but I've never worked with one.

What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do

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