I'm Terrible At Speaking Extemporaneously About My

I Was 22 And Stopped Writing Plays, And I Didn't Start Again Until I Was 25. I Was Writing Badly. In College, I Attempted To Write These More Conventional Plays, But The Theater I Loved Was Downtown Experimental Theater. I Didn't Feel Like I Could Do That Either. It Didn't Occur To Me To Do My Own Thing.

If I Think Back To Every Rehearsal Process For Every Play I've Ever Worked On, There's Just So Much Crying At Home. I Barely Sleep. There Are Moments Of Deep Despair And Anxiety, And Then There Are Moments In Rehearsal That Are The Most Exhilarating; Feeling Seen And Seeing Everybody. Feeling Like You Have A Purpose On The Planet. A Huge Part Of The Process I Enjoy Is Watching The Actors Figuring Out What They Can Handle And What They Can Take And What They Need From The Director And Me.

Film Can Express Things That Computers Never Will. Film Is A Series Of Photographs Separated By Split Seconds Of Darkness. Film Is Light And Shadow.

I Feel Like My Life Is At Its Happiest When I Don't Have A Looming Deadline. There's Some Really Groovy Wonderful Times, When I'm Like, "i Have A New Piece, I'm Excited About It, I'm Reading All These Books About It, But There's Not A Lot Of Time Pressure, And I'm Financially Stable Enough Right Now That I Don't Have To Be Trying To Get Another Job." But That's So Rare.

Being Sad And Going Out On Terrible Dates And Having Horrible Breakups And Then Having A Shitty Job And Then Quitting The Shitty Job And Then Wondering If You Shouldn't Have Quit The Shitty Job And Then Getting A New Shitty Job That You Get Fired Off Of After Six Weeks, It's All So Good For Your Writing.