Playwright Quotes

When we did 'The Dragons' Trilogy,' China was a big, mysterious piece of rock that we never thought would even move. It was impenetrable, impossible to deal with.
When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it incorporates elements of Chinese calligraphy.
When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed.
Why do we remember stuff from when we were 5 years old but not important facts that are more recent?
Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I remember these trivial things, and I can't remember the names of important collaborators?
With the social media phenomenon, where people's opinions inform so much of what we do with our lives, where the number of 'likes' decides what we should program, I cringe.
Without meaning to sound crass, I've never had any psychological... help. It's because I feel my work is so revealing about who I am and what I am trying to understand about myself. It's a therapeutic process.
Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that.
You're only as good as your last movie, period. It's a business.
Comics are in my blood. It's my strange addiction, and I love it.
Duncan Sheik and I are trucking along on 'American Psycho,' which is sort of the anti-Superman, you know? But it's a lot of fun, too, in a much, much darker way, obviously.
I am drawn to Americana, and I am drawn to gothic stories, and I love American gothic stories.
I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it.
I love the idea of writing these huge, bombastic characters; I'll stay in the superhero world as long as I can.
I'm a huge Stephen King fan.
I'm finding that I'm working with more and more Latino artists, and that's exciting.
I've never read 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' although I certainly know what that is. And what I love about that concept is as much as it's a zombie story, it's also 'Pride and Prejudice.'
Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes.
One of my comics is read by more people - around 70,000 - than will see my entire run at Manhattan Theater Club. That puts things in perspective.
One of my favorite graphic novels of all time is Grant Morrison's 'Earth-2.'
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