David Ives

Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.

I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.