Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.

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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...

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...

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...

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 just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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 love writing for the screen.

I love writing for the screen.

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...

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...

My fault now is making my plays too short.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...