I Ended Up Becoming A Playwright Because

I Feel Like My Life Is At Its Happiest When I Don't Have A Looming Deadline. There's Some Really Groovy Wonderful Times, When I'm Like, "i Have A New Piece, I'm Excited About It, I'm Reading All These Books About It, But There's Not A Lot Of Time Pressure, And I'm Financially Stable Enough Right Now That I Don't Have To Be Trying To Get Another Job." But That's So Rare.

Film Can Express Things That Computers Never Will. Film Is A Series Of Photographs Separated By Split Seconds Of Darkness. Film Is Light And Shadow.

If Anything, I Was The Opposite Of Most College Students Who Think They Can Do Anything.

For Me, Being A Good Creative Writing Teacher Is Actually Kind Of Being A Good Therapist. The Line Is Very Porous - You Can Also Be A Creepy Guru/abusive Therapist, Too, So You Have To Be Very Careful. But It Feels Really Important To Me.

For Early Plays Of Mine, I Started With Character. But I Think That's Because I Hadn't Been In Theaters; I Hadn't Worked That Much. I'm Very Interested In Character, Obviously, But Once I Started Having My Plays Produced, I Became So Fascinated By The Theatrical Experiment And The Weirdness Of Theatrical Space, So Now All My Plays Start With Space And Stage Picture And Setting - Or Container Is Maybe The Better Way To Put It.