It's weird, because I don't feel prolific. I don't write anything for months at a time. Richard Greenberg feelmonthprolific Change image and share on social
I think I'm a writer, and it's my job. People in other professions are expected to do their jobs all the time. Why shouldn't I? Richard Greenberg expectjobpeople Change image and share on social
I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur to me. And I still write on a typewriter. It's not all in ether. It's on pages. I sequence them in a way that tends to make sense. Then I write what's missing, and that's my first draft. Richard Greenberg begindraftend share on social
I want to be a playwright the way people are bank tellers. I want to keep doing it and have it go steadily and smoothly. Richard Greenberg bankpeopleplaywright Change image and share on social
It seems that the hurdle you have to jump over is everyone's informed opinion. When you're a young playwright, you're probably too precarious in your own technique to understand that when these seemingly informed opinions are contradicting each other, it becomes this paralyzing monolith. Richard Greenberg contradicthurdleinform share on social
I came to New York, and it was fascinating and intimidating and yielding, and all the stuff it's supposed to be. But whatever the abstract essence I was seeking, I couldn't find exactly that. Richard Greenberg abstractessencefascinate Change image and share on social
People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house. Richard Greenberg alienationcitycomfortable Change image and share on social
I think I can be an intimidating energy in the room. I think I come in with an aura of wanting results because as the playwright, I know how it goes, and there's the thought, 'Why can't they catch up?' Richard Greenberg auracatchenergy share on social
I'm sort of anti-Aristotelian. I want to get an entire life onstage while conveying a sense of how time feels, how unstoppable it is, and how we don't really know what's going on because as we're trying to weave, it's weaving us. Richard Greenberg antiaristotelianconvey share on social
You do think, if you have your druthers, 'I want to sort of be, not anonymous, but unknown'. But you don't have your druthers in life, do you? Richard Greenberg anonymousdrutherslife Change image and share on social