I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.

I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.

There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.

Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude.

I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.

Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater.

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do that by speaking from the heart about the things that matter most to us. If a play isn't worth dying for, maybe it isn't worth writing.