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Fortunately, I get asked to play - regardless of how big or small they are - some really interesting people who are part of great stories. So, as an actor, there's really nothing better.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

It's very hard to be a playwright because it's very competitive.

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.

You can't be a playwright without believing there's an audience for adventurous work.

I'm not a playwright; I'm a writer who loves theater.

From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective.