I Didn't Really Want To

Nice Is Different Than Good.

The Tonys Ignored West Side Story. The Tonys Ignored Gypsy. It's A Kind Of Public Humiliation.

My Parents Got Divorced And Military School Gave Me A Structure. A Lot Of Kids My Age Were Children Of Divorced Parents. They Didn't Know What To Do With The Kids.

I Liked My Father A Lot, But I Didn't See Him Very Often Because My Mother Was Bitter About Him. He Remarried, And I Used To Have To Sneak Off To See Him.

The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience ... When The Audience Comes In, It Changes The Temperature Of What You've Written. Things That Seem To Work Well -- Work In A Sense Of Carry The Story Forward And Be Integral To The Piece -- Suddenly Become A Little Less Relevant Or A Little Less Functional Or A Little Overlong Or A Little Overweight Or A Little Whatever. And So You Start Reshaping From An Audience.