It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do.

I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.

I certainly wake up every morning and thank God that I'm not a novelist because the theater is tough, but novel writing is infinitely harder. Especially with the economics of serious fiction being what they are in America.

Theatre for a New Audience is one of America's most admirable and exciting theatre companites...some of the best acted and directed work to be found on American stages, engaging with the canon of world dramatic literature in a vigorous way.

I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.'

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

I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world.