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We need theatre that is contemporary, lively and relevant, and the only way to do that is to take care of our playwrights and produce their plays.

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Our distorted media culture sees men as subjects and women as objects; in films, Woody Allen gets older and older and still dates 20-year-old babes; movies about women are called 'chick flicks,' and men make fun of them.

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Sometimes I feel that my job on earth is to put Julie White through horrible things, watch her writhe and then recover.

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I think, with most writers, their neurosis is finishing things. I have a different neurosis. I'm terribly anxious when it's not finished. Then I become really difficult to live with.

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Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig.

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I like to write. Prolific is part of who I am.

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It's not my responsibility to write plays about the way the world should be.

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I write a lot because, if I don't, I start to panic, and I calm down when I write.

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Spielberg read the 'Understudy' and decided that was the voice he wanted to write 'Smash.' He wanted a story that had humanity and humor and high-stakes dreams.

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I have admiration for people who can do it well - the guys who wrote 'Cheers' and 'Frasier.' They created sort of a blissful comedic universe.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: February 19th, 1958

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