I'm Not A Person Who Worries Too

Tragedy Massages The Human Ego Even As Comedy Deflates It. ... Tragedy Pits Us Against Large Foes And The Trip Wire Is Our Own Character. ... In Comedy We Fall Afoul Of One Another. Comedy Depends On Social Life, On Our Behavior In Groups. In Tragedy You Can Observe One Human Against The Gods. In Comedy It's One Human Versus Other Humans And Often One Man (or Woman If I'm Writing It) Against Her Own Worst Impulses.

Writers Are The Moral Purifiers Of The Culture. We May Not Be Pure Ourselves But We Must Tell The Truth, Which Is A Purifying Act.

Sex Has Never Been Private And It Never Will Be. We Perform The Act In Private But We Must Be Public About The Connection. Sex Is How We Pass Down Worldly Goods. It's How We Create The Primary Unit Of Our Society, The Couple. ... This Rule Applies To Gay People As Well As Straight People. ... The Community Absolutely Must Know Who Is Straight, Who Is Gay, Who Is Married, And Who Is Single. Without That Information We Make Painful Mistakes And Lose Time.

I Do Think Women Avoid Power. Power Assumes Responsibility And Accountability, And I Think Many, Many Women Want To Have It Both Ways.

Compromise Is The Work Of Mature People.