It was important to me that people know that you can make plays and raise children at the same time - for other mothers, for other parents, for other women considering having children and who want to be working and thinking and contemplating and making things while they're raising children.

Sitting down with younger women writers and saying, "This is what I do and you can do this" is hugely important.

Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or decades, or the length of time between stars? In complete silence?

I always thought there would be more interesting people at my wedding.

It's a privilege to have kids and not live your life in solitude. But we live in a child-hating culture.

A multivalent culture is an amazing place to be writing theatre.

It was important to me that people know that you can make plays and raise children at the same time - for other mothers, for other parents, for other women considering having children and who want to be working and thinking and contemplating and making things while they're raising children.