Writing Is My Primary Way Of Expressing

I Was 22 And Stopped Writing Plays, And I Didn't Start Again Until I Was 25. I Was Writing Badly. In College, I Attempted To Write These More Conventional Plays, But The Theater I Loved Was Downtown Experimental Theater. I Didn't Feel Like I Could Do That Either. It Didn't Occur To Me To Do My Own Thing.

There Are Certain Early Plays Of Mine That I Really Don't Like, But I Can't Imagine Going Back And Fixing Them. I Would Be Totally Incapable Of It. I'm Not In The Head Of The Characters Anymore.

I Was Raised By A Single Psychologist Mother And We Spent Every Evening Sitting At The Kitchen Table And Dissecting Our Emotions And Speculating About The Inner Life Of Everyone We Knew.

Being Sad And Going Out On Terrible Dates And Having Horrible Breakups And Then Having A Shitty Job And Then Quitting The Shitty Job And Then Wondering If You Shouldn't Have Quit The Shitty Job And Then Getting A New Shitty Job That You Get Fired Off Of After Six Weeks, It's All So Good For Your Writing.

I'm Terrible At Speaking Extemporaneously About My Work - I Get Completely Tongue-tied And Consumed With Fear.