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.

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.

It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

I grew up in a small Southern town, and there were white people and black people. Coming to New York to go to Columbia, every time I went into the subway I was absolutely astounded because you see people from all over the world who actually live here - who aren't just here as tourists.

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

God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

A play is never finished. You'll find out how much I mean that when you read my Last Will and Testament.