Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

anyone who writes plays is unbelievably persistent, because there isn't a need in the world for plays. Somehow you internally have to feel a need to write a play.

Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without your even asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.

The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.

The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.