If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

On Broadway, only the fire doors separate you from the sidewalk and you're lucky if the sound of a police car doesn't rip the envelope twice a night.

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.

I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn.