I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.
I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance.
GOOD AS NEW was born out of the idea of writing a play where the stakes were high and the collisions were of a verbal nature. Also I wanted to write a play where people were smarter than I was, and more alive than I feel normally. I became interested in the idea of characters who would surprise me. I guess one could argue that nothing comes out of you that wasn't within you to begin with, but maybe there are ways to trick yourself into becoming more an observer or an advocate for the characters.
In a cement park across the street is this giant sculpture. It is a giant umbrella frame lying on its side. It's green. Stand under it, during a rainstorm, you'll still get wet - that's why it's art.
I would hope that people might view their fellow beings, all beings, with more empathy, more compassion, with a desire to understand. Even if they can't know why people are the way they are, to understand that they're probably that way for a good reason.
I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.
There is nothing more depressing than toast that no one eats.
Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
I grew up with a very quick temper, and the language of violence is a language that I'm very familiar and comfortable with.
Many persons erroneously suppose that an author has always on hand an unlimited number of her own books; or that the publisher will kindly give her as many as she can want for herself and friends. This is by no means the case.