I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw myself reflected in the mirror of the Great White Way.

Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.

Serendipity always rewards the prepared.

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

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

It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are.

Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.

A world without problems is an illusion, so is a world without solutions.

It is certainly important to be looking for cures to medical disorders, but it is equally important to conduct research on human health and well-being.

I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I have to deal with some dumb folks. It's a real drag.

Service is no Inheritance.

He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me.

It's not what you're wearing, it's the way you wear it.

He who does now know evil will fall into it.