"I find writing very difficult. It's hard and it hurts sometimes, and it's scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities."
-Tony Kushner
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"There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.“
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"Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution."
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"Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It's difficult when you're used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I'm upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I've worked with are pretty great."
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"People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it."
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"I feel there's a power in theatre, but it's an indirect power. It's like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things you can't afford to countenance in waking life. You can forget them, remember them a day later or not have any idea what they are about."
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"In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications."
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