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

In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn't like Sutherland AND Callas.

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.

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

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

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

I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cause they eat a sandwich and make an omelet in act two. But it's a romantic fairy tale, and I'm very aware of that. I don't think it helps the actors in my plays to lose themselves in the reality of talking to another person. A good McNally actor always knows he's in a play with an audience.