I think every writer's had the experience of having a really good idea, waiting to write it, and then once you write it, you're like, "Oh I kind of got past the sell by date on this." I'm not connected to the initial spark that was the idea. A lot of that's about staying open.

If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.

I'm just like my country. I'm young, scrappy and hungry.

Sebastian, en Español, is a bad ass name.

Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life

The theater should always be a safe space.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, I didn't do any press, I didn't do any meetings, I just wrote all day, 'cause I'd meet, via Skype, with the creative team, at five p.m., and then I would have my seven o'clock curtain.