THE PLAYWRIGHT'S DILEMMA

" Nowadays most educated people would just as soon stay home and watch Breaking Bad as shell out a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play--assuming that there are any plays on Broadway worth seeing, which long ago ceased to be a safe bet. So if you can't make any money writing for the stage, why bother? Putting aside the obvious attraction of being able to make up your own characters, I can think of one excellent reason: You meet the nicest people..."