I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.

I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.

I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.

I think I'm a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.

I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.

I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your $60. Great criticism is a kind of literature. I've written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it's important for people to know that theatre is vital. Criticism is really unevenly distributed in this town. Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It's killing new plays, demolishing one after another.