"I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play."

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I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.

— John Grisham