I take a lot of inspiration from the people I work with, and having many collaborators keeps me challenged and inspired.

My parents took me to shows starting when I was a very little kid. I remember seeing Henry IV at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC and our neighbor, who was playing Banquo, winked at me during the curtain call. I remember thinking "he can SEE ME?!" I was hooked from then. I wanted to be part of the place where you can escape the world, and also wink at it.

We live in an era where each of us has a massive catalog of film and television available through the internet at the swipe of a finger. To get folks out of their homes for a piece of art or entertainment, I think you need to offer something they can't get on Netflix or Amazon.

Every day I wake up, there's a little part of my brain that's thinking I might die in a terrorist attack today.

I love writing stories about regular people dealing with life's biggest questions.

I'm a sucker for double meanings in titles.

The real skill of being a writer is being able to take your inspired moments, and make them work as a whole, through the unromantic, daily hard work.