If Anything, I Was The

I Ended Up Becoming A Playwright Because You Can Be Grammatically Incorrect: People Speaking In Bad Poetry Or People Attempting To Speak Well And Sometimes Succeeding And Sometimes Failing. The Whole Imperfection Of It Suddenly Felt Freeing To Me.

For Me, Being A Good Creative Writing Teacher Is Actually Kind Of Being A Good Therapist. The Line Is Very Porous - You Can Also Be A Creepy Guru/abusive Therapist, Too, So You Have To Be Very Careful. But It Feels Really Important To Me.

If Anything, I Was The Opposite Of Most College Students Who Think They Can Do Anything.

I Feel With Writing, So Much Of The Time, I Don't Know How To Tap In And Be Spontaneous And Alive On A Daily Basis. So I Don't Write Every Day. I'm Just Not Disciplined, And I Can't Be In The Groove Most Of The Time. I Feel Like I'm In The Groove Ten Days A Year Or Something. But With Reading And Research, I Feel Like I Have This Incredibly Instinctive Pleasure-driven Process That Ends Up Working Out For Me And Inspiring Me. It's Almost Like A Maze, Like I Know Eventually I'll Hit The Heart Of My Play If I Read Enough Books.

I'm Terrible At Speaking Extemporaneously About My Work - I Get Completely Tongue-tied And Consumed With Fear.