I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. … The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap. Why not be more honest with the moment? The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That’s genius.

You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.

There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.

Words are tools of imagery in motion.

When you die it's the end of your life.