Public housing has two main functions: to meet a need and to punish the needy for having that need. In addition, it must never inspire resentment among those who get their shelter full price.

You know, the thing is with people who never talk, the thing is you always suppose they’re harbouring some enormous secret. But, just possibly, the secret is, they have absolutely nothing to say.

But you don’t have your druthers in life, do you?

The ocean is interacting with the surface. There is a possible biosphere that extends from way below the surface to just above the crust.

A play gets on Broadway by fluke. And you don’t even start out with that ambition. When I do a play, the intention is just to put it up somewhere.

I had a plot connection that nobody understood for this fourth character, and decided, Oh, nobody gets it, that’s all. I’ll write another draft to make her make sense. It took me awhile to learn that these three people were the core of this play, which seems so obvious now.

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There’s a vanity to candor that isn’t really worth it. Be kind.

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

The ocean is interacting with the surface. There is a possible biosphere that extends from way below the surface to just above the crust

I had a plot connection that nobody understood for this fourth character, and decided, Oh, nobody gets it, that's all. I'll write another draft to make her make sense. It took me awhile to learn that these three people were the core of this play, which seems so obvious now.