I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see ….

From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity….

I'm a playwright by trade, and in theater, writers have complete control over everything. Nobody can change a word without your permission. I've had ….

We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true….

The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not an….

My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity..

So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere..

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly..

With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole..

I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist..

I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it..

I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had..

Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity..

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do..

Only assholes write plays about Nazis..