If I Were Less Lazy, When My

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.

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 Don't Enjoy Hearing The Sound Of My Voice. The Most Important Things For Me Are Impossible To Articulate Extemporaneously.

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

For Me, On Every Project, I Realize That I've Boxed Myself Into A Corner, Or That The Play Necessitates Some Sort Of Theatrical Convention That I Realize I Hate While I'm Making It. So Then The Next Play Is Always A Rebellion. Or Like, The Thing I Didn't Even Realize I Was Doing Last Time I Will Make Sure I Don't Do This Time. But There's Always Some Other Blind Spot. And Then That Blind Spot Inspires The Play That Comes After.