The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after.

I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that experience is New York City.

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage.

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.

The transition was good compared to New York because the inner city schools were so jam-packed. I felt it was a good decision for me to come here.