But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.

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I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like...

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like...

The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was...

The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was...

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director...

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director...

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and...

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and...

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day...

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day...

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably...

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably...

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one...

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one...

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful...

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful...

It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it...

It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it...

I love writing for the screen.

I love writing for the screen.

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community...

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community...

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was...

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was...

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in...

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in...

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people...

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people...

I'm very into the first production of the show.

I'm very into the first production of the show.

Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would...

Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would...