[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.

It looks different when you're sober; I thought I had twice as much furniture.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

I was constantly being dragged out of movies for laughing too loud.

A lot of your personality is formed before you're 12, obviously, but only a few of my plays use characters from my childhood. The more mature plays are affected only by my adult experiences.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.