“It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.”

“I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to”