MARK O'DONNELL

Everybody has parents. As a dramatist, whenever you write a character, you must write their parents as well, even if the parents aren't there.

Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.

I aspired from early on to write a novel, to be in the 'New Yorker,' to be on Broadway, and at least in a fleeting way, I got all those things.

I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.

Everybody has parents. As a dramatist, whenever you write a character, you must write their parents as well, even if the parents aren't there.

I aspired from early on to write a novel, to be in the 'New Yorker,' to be on Broadway, and at least in a fleeting way, I got all those things.

I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.

Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.