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<p>"It?s not the typical midlife crisis, (although I prefer ?one-thirdlife crisis?) to make the switch from Wall Street analyst to playwright. As a new writer with my first off-Broadway production, ?Tall Grass,? beginning its run, we?ll see if I made the right career move. </p>
<p>I didn?t wake up one day and decide to be a writer. I was in the creative writing department at Princeton University, and one of my short stories was chosen to represent our class in the annual department reading. I couldn?t believe the response, people were laughing so hard. So with my confidence packed, I moved out to Los Angeles to try movie and television writing."</p>