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" A lot of times, I think people feel that new plays are suspect, and actually, I don't know where that came from. I completely disagree with it! "
Disagree
Know
Feel
" Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity. "
Great
History
Challenges
" Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed I would never be done on Broadway. But that was never the goal. "
American
Done
Goal
" Denver's commitment to giving contemporary storytellers the stage is crucial to the American theater. That's something embraced by 'Smash.' We should be telling our own stories. "
American
Stage
Own
" Does art have to have high foot traffic to get funded in a recession? A lot of people, I am sure, would say absolutely not. And those postmodern art-loving loners surely would argue that even if one person likes a piece of art, that would make a museum worthwhile. "
Museum
I Am
Art
" Everyone pays lip service to this whole idea of doing more new plays, and nobody ever does it. "
New
Service
Doing
" Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig. "
Art
Always
Money
" Heath Ledger's recent death, like that of River Phoenix, was handled with great care by the press. Anna Nicole Smith's not so much. "
Phoenix
Like
River
" Honestly, the thing that I have found to be most useful over a long career, or maintaining a long career, is taking back the power at some point and self-producing. "
Over
Back
Power
" I actuall have to defend realism in theatre because I think TV does it badly - so corrupted by layers of bureaucrats who want to leave examination or psychology. "
Think
Want
Leave
" I actually think we should be trying to be rigorous in our thinking about television and the way it enters our lives and shapes the way so many people think. "
Thinking
Trying
Think
" I am curious about a lot of things. I'm perplexed and engaged. "
I Am
Things
Perplexed
" I do believe that there are monsters out there - and that they are monsters. "
Believe
Out
Monsters
" I find a lot of input from other people very stressful. "
Lot
Stressful
Find
" I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left. "
Museums
Art
House
" I had such a good experience doing 'The Understudy' with the Roundabout, and people were really enthusiastic about the work. "
Experience
Good
People
" I have admiration for people who can do it well - the guys who wrote 'Cheers' and 'Frasier.' They created sort of a blissful comedic universe. "
Universe
People
Cheers
" I have a dog whose name is Banquo. "
Dog
Whose
Name
" I have always worked consistently, even in small ways and even in smaller theaters where I'll do One Acts or something. "
Something
Always
Even
" I have huge admiration for Jesus Christ and for his incredible compassion for all people. "
Jesus Christ
People
Christ
" I have spent my whole life working in the theater, and most of the people I know have done the same. And we are pretty interesting people. "
Life
Know
People
" I have tremendous affection for New York and my life, but I'm a satirist at heart. And it's easy to satirize New York. "
Heart
Easy
My Life
" I have two sensational kids who I have raised with my husband, hoping and working every day to help them become healthy, happy, and decent human beings. "
Help
Healthy
Happy
" I let action rise out of character, really. "
Out
Really
Character
" I like to write. Prolific is part of who I am. "
Like
Write
Who
" I like working with television. I do. "
Like
Working
Television
" I'm actually interested in poor behavior. I'm interested in what drives people to poor behavior. "
Poor
Behavior
Interested
" I make my life with New York stage actors, and I love them. They're the best actors on planet earth. "
My Life
Life
Best
" I'm an impatient person. "
Impatient
Person
" I'm not afraid of just cranking it out and seeing what comes out of my subconscious. Because I don't always know what I'm feeling. I do a lot of rewriting later. But that first blast feels like a spigot - like it's coming from somewhere else. "
Always
Feeling
Know
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