The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

We'll be the checks and balances on this out-of-control, criminal government.

People in D.C. are so psyched when anyone dramatizes them in an exciting way. They're a lot more open to looking at the nastier side of themselves than the media is.

We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.