I hoped that students would emotionally connect to the people and problems they saw around them and want to do something about it.

I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft.

We just want to make sure the students don't cause problems. What we are here for is to educate.

Students enjoy the thrill of solving mathematical problems and quizzes.

When we have students having problems constantly, those problems need to be addressed.

Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike.