It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.' So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months.

But because we've all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.

You're always fighting the contradiction between the supposed intimacy of a two-person conversation and the blunt reality that you're trying to sell the play to people who are sitting maybe too far away from you.

My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.