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I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show…

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There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's…
I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.
Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster.…
Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre.…
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director…
I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing.
I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.
I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working…
Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own…
Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It…

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What is this demilitarized zone? Whatever it is, I like it! Gets you on your toes better than a strong cup of… — Robin Williams
Be on your toes tonight - or I'll be on yours tomorrow. — Unknown Author
Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just… — Sinclair Lewis
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate… — Sinclair Lewis
All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and… — Townes Van Zandt
I don't like to sit still for long at all, which has probably helped me along the way, and partly why I… — Curtis Stone
Especially like right now, I'm not shooting a show so you get to act. You get to do that stuff, kind of… — Aaron Tveit
Don't kill the competition. Competition is healthy for businesses. It keeps you the entrepreneur on your toes. — Aliko Dangote
You must be on your toes constantly, yet be relaxed. — Masaaki Hatsumi
There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and… — Charles Bukowski
Yoga is not about touching your toes. It's about unlocking your ideas about what you want, where you think you can go,… — Cyndi Lee
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander… — Unknown Author

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