I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress..

At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood. Your fri….

The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one..

When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any….

You listen to the audience. The audience is wrong individually and always right collectively. If they don't laugh, it isn't funny. If they cough, it ….

Disease, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair, but no, you sent us Congress! Goo….

The rehearsal period is so far away from the time when the scene will actually be shot that very little is remembered..

For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script..

Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get into it an….

Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances..

There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with one job too many, who can alwa….

There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating with the….

Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all America….

It seems to me that everybody who's a success has made a decision to put themselves in a situation that eats away at their privacy. Their hours just ….