"People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most days it's very hard because I'm frightened - not frightened of writing a bad play, although that happens often with me. I'm frightened of encountering the wilderness of my own spirit, which is always , no matter how many plays I write, a new and uncharted place. Every day when I sit down to write, I can't remember how it's done."

-- Suzan-Lori Parks

#Writing Quotes #Play Quotes #People Quotes

“Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.”
“I have always known that I wanted to work with youth through the arts and I believe the arts can help young people cope with hardship.”
“Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse.”
“A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it.”
“As you can see, I am immersing myself in color-I've held back from that until now; and I don't regret it.”
“No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.”
“I enjoy writing plays most. I haven't written a radio play in a while and I don't write short stories anymore because the process of submitting them depressed me. I really enjoy revising novels, but drafting them can be a pain.”
“We all enjoy being comfy, but my comfy - you know, I love a nice, cozy cashmere sweater and spandex, sure.”

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