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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The economics of theater are painful. I still think that the theater community should be looking much more rigorously at how to let the playwright keep the money they make. "

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

" That stupid postmodern emphasis on image over content has slammed us right into a dramaturgy that willfully leaves the audience behind and then resents the fact that they don't 'get it.' "

" 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. "

" Theater can be elusive and poetic, but it doesn't thrive when it doesn't reach an audience. "

" The stage gives you more control over your own work; in television, there's a distressing amount of communal writing. Unless it's your show, you have no control over that. You're at the mercy of whoever's running the show. "

" Show business is a struggle. I certainly wish that I had just blasted on the scene and not had quite such a hard time. But there's a great sense of the relief in that you don't have to prove yourself anymore. "

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

" I had such a good experience doing 'The Understudy' with the Roundabout, and people were really enthusiastic about the work. "

" 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. "

" Rarely do I try to pull a creature out of life and make it a character. "

" I was born and raised in the Midwest, where people were taught that decency and integrity and community were all important values. We were democrats with a little 'd.' "

" Sometimes I feel that my job on earth is to put Julie White through horrible things, watch her writhe and then recover. "

" 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. "

" When I was a staff writer on 'NYPD Blue,' it was truly my job to hear David Milch's voice for that show and to deliver episodes that embodied that voice. "

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

" I am curious about a lot of things. I'm perplexed and engaged. "

" The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America. "

" Part of the problem with producing contemporary political theater in America today is that many theaters don't have flexibility or resources, be it hiring a lot of actors or staging a work that might be tough for some audience and board members. "

" Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig. "

" We have this powerful ideological basis to the country that I don't think any other country in the world quite can brag about. It's a very complicated nation, and it's very fertile. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue. "

" I'm actually interested in poor behavior. I'm interested in what drives people to poor behavior. "

" Why on earth is the 'New Yorker' publishing puff pieces about pretty girls who go to parties? Does the 'New Yorker' ever run photos of cute boys just because they're cute and they come from money and they go to lots of parties? "

" 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. "