"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 Quotes #Writing Quotes #Play Quotes

“Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.”

Source : Issa Kobayashi, Nanao Sakaki, John Brandi, Jeff Bryan (1999). “Inch by inch: 45 haiku”, LA Alameda Pr
“To see your country being destroyed from afar - it's very hard to only watch and do nothing. My writing is the only way to address my feelings about this disaster and to at least try to find a solution as a writer. I know I have limits. But I have to do my best as a writer.”
“There is a way to master silence Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners And listen to the hiss of time outside”
“Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.”
“Iâ€™m a big fan of doing what you are really bad at. A lot.”
“My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.”
“[About a conference on Systematic Biology] Many interesting statements were made that apply directly to the work of taxonomists. In some cases the interest lay in the value of the suggestion and sometimes in the obvious need for rebuttal.”
“The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.”

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