I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all of us are, the happiest in our lives-before the obligations start in.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life. It has nothing to do with "I've got to get another play

He wanted to play Oscar too, ... He said he'd give us three months if he could understudy Nathan. So we said, 'Sure,' and let him be one of the card players, too.

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.

We are currently writing a time line to help us meet our objectives.