Mark O'Donnell — American Writer born on July 19, 1954, died on August 06, 2012

Mark O’Donnell was an American writer and humorist... (wikipedia)

I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.
Everybody has parents. As a dramatist, whenever you write a character, you must write their parents as well, even if the parents aren't there.
I aspired from early on to write a novel, to be in the 'New Yorker,' to be on Broadway, and at least in a fleeting way, I got all those things.
Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.