As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.

Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.

When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by the characters and by their story . . .. I kept trying to force it, but that doesn't work. So I had to come to terms with what it meant for me to create a character who doesn't triumph.

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.

I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense of shared community for the time of the performance that hopefully carries over into other aspects of the audience's life because they have shared this experience together.