David Lindsay-Abaire famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Musical #Want
I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Writing #Thinking #Who I Am
Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Class #Identity
We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Hard Work #Opportunity #Thinking
I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Passion #Writing #Play
From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Class #Age #Identity
I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Writing #Dark #People
The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Humble #Thinking #People
I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Writing #Rabbits #Looks
With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Men #Totems #Bottom
I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#People #Chance #Harder
My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity.
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Play #Outsiders #Clarity
So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...
-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Events #Unlikely

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