"There can be no acceptable future without an honest analysis of the past."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#Past Quotes #Analysis Quotes #Honest Quotes

“I'm not Mr. Nice Guy, I'm a tough cookie”
“I'm a bit of lunatic with shoes and jackets and jeans. It's just how I am.”
“I closed my eyes. The only things I knew about why Empty Ones worked the way we did was that we had room for extra souls because we started out with less, and that we could make gates because of our innately human sense of home. But my home was here. How on earth was I supposed to find another one?The gate needs to be opened and closed before dawn, Cresseda said, a hint of strain flowing through her voice.YES. THANKS FOR THAT. VERY HELPFUL RIGHT NOW.”
“As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote it down. Later, when you approach his work as an actor, you notice how sayable the dialogue is.”
“That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.”

Source : "Expressing "The Misery and Confusion Truthfully": An Interview with Beth Henley". "American Drama" Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2005.
“Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.”
“The most confident of women are those who believe in every scrap of fabric they wear. They are the ones who are as happy wih their drawers as they are with their gowns. You can tell the difference between a woman who wraps herself in beautiful silks and satins and she who wears...otherwise.”
“I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act of writing.”

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