I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

I write everything with fountain pens. I don't know why. I've done it since I was bar mitzvahed. I was given a fountain pen, a Parker fountain pen, and I loved it, and I've never liked writing anything with pencils or ball-points.

I'm fairly certain when I die that the obituary will say, 'Author of 'Angels in America' dies.' Unless I'm completely forgotten, and then it won't say anything at all.

Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.

I'm not a poet. I wish I was a poet but I'm not. I'm a playwright. And so I have a different set of antecedents.

I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.