It's The Fear Of What Comes After

People Shouldn't Trust Artists And They Shouldn't Trust Art. Part Of The Fun Of Art Is That It Invites You To Interpret It.

I Love Musicals But It's Very, Very Different. It's Really Just A Different Form Than Serious Drama, And Has Very Different Rules And A Completely Different Set Of Characters And Requirements And Ambitions. It Maybe Shouldn't Be As Separate As It Is, But It's Got A Different History. In Terms Of Serious Drama, I Think You'd Have To Say That You Could Break It Down Essentially Into The Narrative Realist Tradition And Experimental Theater.

The Fear Of A Work Becoming Dated Is One Of The Most Effective Tools For Keeping People From Writing Political Work.

Torture Yourself About Your Failures. And Then Get Back To Work.

The Kind Of Theater That I Do Is Sort Of ‘narrative Realism,’ Which I Think In The Broadest Sense Is Legitimate To Say Is Mainstream. I Mean, In A Certain Sense, Suzan-lori's Plays Have Had Mainstream Levels Of Success. But Suzan-lori Is In Some Ways Not A Narrative Realist.