In My Early 20s, I Studied History

I Wrote My First Play At The Age Of 10, 55 Years Ago, And I've Always Found It A Fantastic Relief To Imagine I Know What Things Would Be Like From The Point Of View Of Other Individuals And To Send Out Signals From Where I Actually Am Not. Playwrights Never Need To Write From The Place Where They Are.

A Play Presents A Self-enclosed Little World For The Audience To Examine. It's An Opportunity To Look Objectively At A Group Of People, To Assess Them, To React To Them, And To Measure Oneself Against Them, To Ask 'am I Like That?'

I Probably Have A Higher Opinion Of My Writing Than The Average Person, At Least When I'm In A Good Mood, But I Don't Really Think Of My Plays As Only Being Relevant To A Particular Month Or Year.

I Don't Happen To Have A Sense Of Humor Personally, So I Don't Know What's Funny About A Character... This Happens To Be A Feature Of My Life Generally.

There's Nothing Regular About My Life At All, Really. I Don't Keep A Regular Schedule And Every Day Is Different. It's All Rather Chaotic.