Can an Author Relinquish Control?

Trusting one’s translators to be masters of their craft and do their jobs well is pretty much the best an author can do to help assure the quality of… More

On Fear

I think FDR had it right, as he did so many things, that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—the fear of participating fully in our… More

Pure Magic

I want to tell you the three most important theatrical events of my life. There have been many—my first Sophocles, my first Shakespeare, my first Molière, my first Uncle… More