Quality is like quantity, but there's a lot less of it.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a realization that every opportunity is perfect.

Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.

The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was pleased that he reminded me of that. [He] understands the play [VENUS] intellectually and emotionally and the humor, the funny bone.

The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you want to call it. Then the voices will come. Faith is the big deal.

My father was in the Army and we moved around a lot, and one of my favorite places was the library.