Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.

We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that's where the greatest leaders come from - from the people.

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are.