Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.