Don't be afraid; people are so afraid; don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone...Learn at least this: What you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way.

I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die

The fear of a work becoming dated is one of the most effective tools for keeping people from writing political work.

In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.

The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, we've actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincoln's presidency that's somewhat original.

I wish you would be more true to your demographic profile. Life is confusing enough.

Broadway remains the closest thing we have to a national theatre, the place where the greatest number of people can potentially see new work. For an American playwright to say it doesn't matter is simply to capitulate to the current situation.