It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.

I love actors. Part of that is my theater background and being a writer who cares about performance. Actors have usually chosen their profession because they have a dream of doing it and they want to express something about the world. That's the same thing that I have with writing. Most of the good actors get into it for those reason, rather than for reasons of fame or fortune, or anything like that, and that's where I'm coming from, as a storyteller.

It doesn't feel like you're preaching, if you can say something in a joke.

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.