One of the things I love about my job as a playwright or as a screenwriter is that I get to do a lot of research and a lot of thinking and taking a lot of notes before I turn it in.

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

Nothing's lost forever.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

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

I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort.

A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.