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

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

I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.

Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life.

There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling.

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

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.