"I was born. That seems fairly certain.

"When and where are less certain. Lacking a birth certificate, I'm not even sure of my age. Disdaining home and education I spent years jumping freight trains, graduating as a Hobo cum laude. Drifting happenstance into theatre, I practiced its every art, eventually turning to writing, an act of monstrous impertinence. I have written forty or so television plays, fifteen feature films, and a dozen stage plays and musicals.

"As to awards, I have the usual passel of Tonies, Emmies, Robbies, Ellies and maybe even a couple Kaspars and Hausers; I'm unsure because I don't attend awards ceremonies. I lack an education but hold Doctorates from three universities, an oddity which anyone who cares may puzzle over. I chose to live in Arizona because it's the one State which refuses to adopt Daylight Saving Time.

"I live in an oasis there with my wife, Martha Nelly Garza, who remains wonderfully serene in the face of my troublesome ways."

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