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" I have always worked consistently, even in small ways and even in smaller theaters where I'll do One Acts or something. "

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" I think, with most writers, their neurosis is finishing things. I have a different neurosis. I'm terribly anxious when it's not finished. Then I become really difficult to live with. "

" You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth, and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you. "

" Spielberg read the 'Understudy' and decided that was the voice he wanted to write 'Smash.' He wanted a story that had humanity and humor and high-stakes dreams. "

" I like working with television. I do. "

" It's one of the central problems of American culture: telling you if you're younger, more beautiful, more famous, whatever, that then you'll be happy. "

" I think that because television is shot on a really fast schedule, and it gets piped into your home on a smaller screen, it's much more about character and dialogue in a lot of cases than the movies are. "

" 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. "

" I think it goes without saying that young would-be playwrights in developmental workshops should be so lucky as to write plays as good as 'Waiting for Godot,' 'Uncle Vanya' or 'King Lear,' none of which would have existed without a decent plot. "

" There are times when I wonder how I ever thought that I could dramatize the death of a national discussion as a family comedy. "

" I seem to be constantly confronted by theater professionals who are more or less annoyed by the prospect of structure. "

" I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment. "

" So in case there was any doubt, I am here to report that having a play on Broadway does not suck. "

" Obviously, a theatrical masterpiece needs more than a plot; many television shows are nothing but plot, and it is doubtful that they will stand the test of time. But I also don't think that making fun of plot or acting like we're all somehow 'above' structure is such a good idea. "

" Nothing sounds as crazy as telling people you're not crazy. "

" I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else, and it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely. "

" I sincerely believe that for the New York theatre to remain relevant, all our major producing institutions should be presenting new American plays. "

" Some of my family goes back a long way in Denver. "

" I work hard. I like getting to the end of things. And I write my plays that way. "

" I have huge admiration for Jesus Christ and for his incredible compassion for all people. "

" I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left. "

" I make my life with New York stage actors, and I love them. They're the best actors on planet earth. "

" 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. "

" I'm not ashamed of being American; I'm very proud. "

" I let action rise out of character, really. "

" I like to write. Prolific is part of who I am. "

" I often find it maddening to live in America, in a way that is both amusing and horrifying to me. America clings to versions of itself that are absolutely hypocritical. I can't shake my outrage at it, so I write about it. "

" 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. "

" My son is a musician who next year will be attending the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City, which his mother helped him get into by making him practice all the time. "