Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth.

I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it means.

I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a realization that every opportunity is perfect.

Youre only yourself when no ones watching!

Quality is like quantity, but there's a lot less of it.

And as you walk yr road, as you live yr life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the road of yr life will probably be a windy road.

My father was in the Army and we moved around a lot, and one of my favorite places was the library.

The plays should have the half-life of plutonium.

Moths and flames, mankind and death--there is little difference.

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.

If any have a stone to throw It is not I, ever or now.

If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.

The adventure of the sun is the great natural drama by which we live, and not to have joy in it and awe of it, not to share in it, is to close a dull door on nature's sustaining and poetic spirit.

Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually.

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.

Uncertainty is intrinsic to the process of finding out what you don't know, not a weakness to avoid.

The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.

My friends keep telling me I'm doing it with Mary Palmer. That's not true - I'm too busy masturbating to meet anyone new.