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

I don't use computers... I'm someone who needs to see the page right away in my hand.

I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego . . . I'm just better able to create the character for an audience through words rather than through actions.

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

Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today.

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.

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.