Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

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My fault now is making my plays too short.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I love writing for the screen.

I love writing for the screen.

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for...

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for...

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...

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

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

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...

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

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...