The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants.
I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.
President Obama seems to understand the Constitution as a 'set of suggestions.'
The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.
