It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

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The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody...

The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody...

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...

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...

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...

My fault now is making my plays too short.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I...

Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I...

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...

The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent...

The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent...

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

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...

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...

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...

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...

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright....

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright....