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" Why is being a female having an agenda any more than being a misogynist - which David Mamet most certainly is? "

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" Not so long ago, my feminist education taught me to ask the question, 'Is the gaze male?' The answer, apparently, is yes, which is why so many movies and television shows are about men and not women. "

" I think we have a cultural difficulty with looking at our problems. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" It's so funny, I'm always stealing from Moliere, and nobody ever notices. I steal from him willy-nilly. "

" In television, what you are doing is trying to fit your voice into a particular mold. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The audience just doesn't care. They are just as interested in women-centric stories as they are in stories about men. "

" People kept saying, 'You've made it!' and I was like, 'What have I been doing all this time?' I've always felt successful. "

" Why is it so hard for men to identify with women as fellow travelers on this good Earth? "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" We were told that hard work and talent and character would get you somewhere. At school, we learned it was important to share. On Arbor Day, we all planted trees. "