Writers Are Opposite Of Athletes, They Get

Just To Clarify The Division Of Labor On The Show, I Write The Show And Alan [poul] Does Everything Else.

I Don't Have Personal Experience And Knowledge About Anything But Theater. I've Been Tutored Very Well On The Subject, But Ultimately I'm Going Back To The Rules Of Drama. There Are Genres That I Like As An Audience Member That I Can't Write As A Writer. I Can't Write Crime, And I Like A Good Thriller As Much As Anybody.

I Got Into Dialogue Because My Parents Began Taking Me To See Plays From When I Was Very Young. Too Young, Often, To Understand The Play I Was Watching: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf When I Was Nine Years Old; That Championship Season When I Was Ten Years Old. But I Loved The Sound Of Dialogue; It Sounded Like Music To Me And I Wanted To Imitate That Sound.

If You Feel That Strongly About Something, You Have An Obligation To Try And Change My Mind.

The Hardest Thing For Me Is Getting Started. If I'm Writing A Script, Really 90 Per Cent Of It Would Be Just Walking Around, Climbing The Walls, Just Trying To Put The Idea Together. Then The Final 10 Per Cent Would Be Writing It.