[When you write a play] you walk into a forest without a knife, without a compass. But . . . if you have a sense of geography, you find that you're clearing a path and getting to the right place.

There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angeles.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen.

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.