Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.
“If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.”
“I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.”