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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.

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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.

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When I was a kid, we didn't have a TV until the late '50s, but I can remember watching Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Steve McQueen, and 'Gunsmoke.'

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I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there.

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Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.

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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.

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I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. There is a particular kind here in America called the 'quarter horse' that I'm very interested in.

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My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a very young age when his dad's farm collapsed. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one. My father was full of terrifying anger.

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More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male and the American female... Terrible and impossible.

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I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: November 5th, 1943

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