I just find something to learn in everything.

Each musical finds its own way.

If any of my plays outlive me or get on library book shelves and somehow stay read, all of a sudden it's a testament to "that's part of our culture, that's part of our history."

I think all of the decisions I make about my life and writing are the preparation - what I choose to write about and the immersive nature of the lifestyle I choose for playwriting.

Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.

Then she said, with piteous defiance, "If I could love her, the Good Lord could, and he won't be too hard on an old lady who didn't have an easy life.

Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.

Time becomes meaningless without memory.

I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.

Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you'd left off, whether it be a week since you'd seen each other or two years.

I want a better world, but also a realistic world. We can only create a better world by becoming realistic.

My dad taught me about music. He used to tap dance.

I don't miss my youth. I'm glad I had one, but I wouldn't like to start over.

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.

You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source... Breathin!