Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Writing a play to get to Broadway and have a national tour is a sure way to write a terrible, terrible play. — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I don't think I could write a good play if I was setting out to write about the death of the American… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
The best thing about being nominated in a category like best new play is realizing there were enough new plays to make… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from. — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Good actors can tell you more about your play than 1,000 hours alone at your desk. — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I'm still learning so much with every play I write. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts. I think… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I was sending off my plays almost like an 8-year-old would send letters to Santa Claus. So it was a bit of… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I do think it's fascinating to see a play where everybody's sort of, in various ways, uprooted, and you see the older… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
As playwrights, as poets, we have to look to ourselves, listen to our guts for the final answers about what changes to… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Everyone's taste is different. But I think the best way to defend against regrets after opening night is to try your best… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
'Sons of the Prophet' is a dark comedy about human suffering. The play explores the particularly messy portions of life - the… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I'm always very self-conscious and assume the way faith or religion might come up in my plays will seem very harsh to… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I think 'Speech & Debate' surprised people because it's a play about teenagers that took the teenagers very seriously. They are very… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
With 'The Humans,' I've found that because it's related to very familiar forms - the family play and the thriller, almost a… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I guess we all feel like underdogs. I remember being a freshman at Brown University and not knowing what a WASP was.… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I've always viewed 'Sons of the Prophet' as the first part of a larger trilogy - not three plays dependent on each other but… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
Until I have a family or a mortgage, I'm trying to keep my lifestyle simple and my apartment affordable so that I can continue… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
I don't think I could write a good play if I was setting out to write about the death of the American middle class. — Stephen Karam Copy Share
Under Todd Haimes' leadership, Roundabout created a black-box theater whose sole mission was to house premieres by writers who are just starting out and… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama. — Stephen Karam Copy Share
I'm still learning so much with every play I write. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts. I think you have… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
I'm always very self-conscious and assume the way faith or religion might come up in my plays will seem very harsh to people of… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
To be totally honest, I thought I would have a Broadway debut in the distant, distant future, maybe in my 60s or 70s when… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
Coming home for me isn't, like, one family dinner. It's about am I gonna see 50 relatives, or am I gonna see 85? — Stephen Karam Copy Share
When you're the artsy, weirdo, introverted outsider growing up, you don't fit into your community. — Stephen Karam Copy Share
Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from. — Stephen Karam Copy Share
Suddenly you're at church and you hear someone pray, "For gays and lesbians, that they might realize their [sins]…" That's happening less and less… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my… — Stephen Karam Copy Share
