I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money.

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You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.

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My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.

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Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department.

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Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.

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It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble.

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But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.

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Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production.

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The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.

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That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.

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