sentences:  He says he was inspired by the plays of Tennessee Williams and the novels of William Faulkner and Jim Thompson.Letts states that he considers sounds to be effective "storytelling tools" for theater.During the late 1980s through the late 2000s, Letts acted in many of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's productions, starring in Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" (1994).