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I remember when I was at Brandeis, Geoffrey Wolff, he was a great fiction-writing teacher. He was the writer-in-residence, and for those of us who wanted to be writers, you were so excited to be in the same hallway as him. ”
I see how the Midwest distrusts the East Coast. The Midwest sees itself as morally superior. The Coast sees itself as intellectually superior. And the two are actually the same thing. ”
Denver's commitment to giving contemporary storytellers the stage is crucial to the American theater. That's something embraced by 'Smash.' We should be telling our own stories. ”
Is the American theatre allowing itself to become irrelevant? The problem isn't that playwrights aren't being paid enough. It's that theatres all over America are looking towards New York to tell them what new plays to do. ”
I'm not ashamed of being American; I'm very proud. ”
One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre. ”
I like to write. Prolific is part of who I am. ”
If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement. ”
We will make the law clearer on parents' liability for failing to prevent their child being subjected to FGM, and we are working to improve the police response. ”
I actually think I think better in high heels. ”