I feared Sarah was one of those women who instead of laughing said, "That's funny," or instead of smiling said, "That's interesting," or instead of saying, "You are a stupid blithering idiot," said, "Well I think it's a little more complicated than that.

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for.

Awkwardness is where tension is, and tension is where the story is. It's also where the comedy is, which I'm interested in; when it resolves it tends to resolve toward melancholy, a certain resignation, which I find interesting as well.

An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.

Those are the love killers. They love you and then they kill you. They're from another planet. Supposedly.

I've never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn't say something funny.

I don't care if I'm a fish, I still want a bicycle.