I love to play; a stage is a safe place for me to be. It's not that way for most folks, but I'd be lost without it.
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.
My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.