I Feel Like There's An Obsession With

I'm Terrible At Speaking Extemporaneously About My Work - I Get Completely Tongue-tied And Consumed With Fear.

If I Think Back To Every Rehearsal Process For Every Play I've Ever Worked On, There's Just So Much Crying At Home. I Barely Sleep. There Are Moments Of Deep Despair And Anxiety, And Then There Are Moments In Rehearsal That Are The Most Exhilarating; Feeling Seen And Seeing Everybody. Feeling Like You Have A Purpose On The Planet. A Huge Part Of The Process I Enjoy Is Watching The Actors Figuring Out What They Can Handle And What They Can Take And What They Need From The Director And Me.

Writing Is My Primary Way Of Expressing Myself.

If I Were Less Lazy, When My Play Was Published, I Would Go And Rewrite Everything For The Reader. But I Don't Do That. What People Are Reading Is Just Me Trying To Get The Actors And Directors To Do Something Or Think About Something.

I Was 22 And Stopped Writing Plays, And I Didn't Start Again Until I Was 25. I Was Writing Badly. In College, I Attempted To Write These More Conventional Plays, But The Theater I Loved Was Downtown Experimental Theater. I Didn't Feel Like I Could Do That Either. It Didn't Occur To Me To Do My Own Thing.