"Like Broadway, the novel, and G-d, feminism has been declared dead many times"

-- Katha Pollitt

#Feminism Quotes #Broadway Quotes #Novel Quotes

“He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime.”
“There has long been a bemoaning of the lack of opportunity to make films that are anything but explosions or the ladling on the pea soup or whatever you want to call it. You can hardly make a movie where somebody isn't a murderer or a rapist or, if it's a "Fried Green Tomatoes" that isn't some wistful thing on this, that or the other thing.”
“It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do.”

Source : Tony Kushner (2013). “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition”, p.72, Theatre Communications Group
“But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles.”
“I just am a snob when it comes to humor.”
“I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.”
“I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.”
“To prevent inquiry is amongst the worst of evils.”

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