Sometimes it's learning how the play wants to function rather than imposing something on it. For me, that's the thrill in directing.

Often my characters don't know what the issues of the play are. They think they're doing one thing, but something else is actually orchestrating their lives.

Choosing to write a play is some kind of surrender. I don't make an outline. I sit and work, and suddenly the door opens, and out it comes.

For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.

The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

Learning teaches us what is known, play makes it possible for new things to be learned. There are many concepts and skills that can only be learned through play.