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.

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

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.

The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement...Of course, He could have built it to last longer but you can't have everything.

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

He's too nervous to kill himself. He wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.