I Don’t Like Writing For Comedians. I

A Lot Of Your Personality Is Formed Before You're 12, Obviously, But Only A Few Of My Plays Use Characters From My Childhood. The More Mature Plays Are Affected Only By My Adult Experiences.

Rewriting Is When Writing Really Gets To Be Fun. . . . In Baseball You Only Get Three Swings And You're Out. In Rewriting, You Get Almost As Many Swings As You Want And You Know, Sooner Or Later, You'll Hit The Ball.

Sudden Money Is Going From Zero To Two Hundred Dollars A Week. The Rest Doesn't Count.

Baptists Are Only Funny Underwater.

[when You Write A Play] You Walk Into A Forest Without A Knife, Without A Compass. But . . . If You Have A Sense Of Geography, You Find That You're Clearing A Path And Getting To The Right Place.