He tackles enormous thematic questions and he's not afraid of writing what might be perceived as an academic play, |
help us to be the hands of Jesus extended. |
I Am My Own Wife, |
I flatter myself a terribly liberal New York playwright, but his prose floored me because it was so extreme, ... I found myself asking, 'Wow, does this have any value? Does this merit a place on bookshelves?' And I thought, if he could unnerve me so completely, then maybe he'd be a worthwhile subject for drama. Maybe he'd be the kind of figure about whom I could write a parable about free speech that made liberals and conservatives equally nervous. |
I teased Geoffrey. I told him he had become my id, ... Every antisocial thought I ever had, he was gleefully acting out on screen. |
I think he's a great millennial figure because he represents one of the darkest extremes of Western culture, ... I think he wrote in uncharted waters. His writing is pitch black, and I don't think any writer before or since had touched bottom in the human psyche. I think Sade goes there and goes there relentlessly. |
I think he's spectacular and volcanic. |
It is clear to me that growth in this county is analogous to a freight train headed down the tracks with no brakes. |
The report clearly disproves the common misconception that women are the only sufferers of fertility issues. With the next generation facing increasing pressure as a result of declining fertility and mortality rates, it's only fair that men accept their responsibility and change their lifestyles now before it's too late. |
There were times when I would finish writing a sequence and I would see the face of my very well-mannered, deeply Presbyterian mother staring back at me from my imagination, looking at me with her lips pursed like, 'Douglas, what do you think you're doing?' ... But if you're tackling a figure like Sade, you have a moral obligation to be true to his spirit. |
This is my first movie, so it's pretty overwhelming to see all those characters that were living in my own fevered little brain suddenly 30 feet tall, |
We are still on standby, ... With the storm this close off the coast, we have no choice. Forecasters are predicting it will head off to the northeast, but if it turns our way we will have very little time to notify residents. |
We're in the Roaring Forties. It's a dynamic environment - anything can happen. |
You're going to spend more money now, but the money you're going to spend on repairs will be less. |