PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING - Puppeteer or poet, all paths lead to the page

LA Times: "I've been lucky enough at one time or another to be an actor, singer, puppeteer, magician, poet, film critic, playwright, screenwriter, theater director, movie director, opera librettist and book writer. What's the advantage of changing one's vantage point so often, besides the obvious one of keeping boredom at bay?"