Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.

Serendipity always rewards the prepared.

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are.

Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.

I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw myself reflected in the mirror of the Great White Way.

Live in the light, Child of God.

Leo, I have another secret. I've fallen in love with you.” "I've always loved you.

Have you paused to consider that there is no way out? Each way out of one situation necessarily being the way into another situation.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

If you have good stocks and you really know them, you'll make money if you're patient over three years or more.

Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.

To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.

My wife." "By what name is she called, Kincaid?" "Mine.

I'd learned a long time ago that one of the finest weapons in my arsenal was my ability to invade personal space

The primary difference between rich people and poor people is how they handle fear