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> [As playwrights, as poets, we have to look to ourselves, listen to our guts for the final answers about what changes to make. Everyone has advice about how to end your play differently. And it's not about right or wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/as-playwrights-as-poets-we-have-to-look-to-ourselves-listen-to-our/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

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> [Everyone will always have ideas about how to make your work better. Everyone has advice about how to end your play differently. Start it differently. And it's not about right or wrong. At the end of the day, it's your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/everyone-will-always-have-ideas-about-how-to-make-your-work-better/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

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## More by Stephen Karam

> [I've always viewed 'Sons of the Prophet' as the first part of a larger trilogy - not three plays dependent on each other but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-ve-always-viewed-sons-of-the-prophet-as-the-first-part-of-a-larger/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/until-i-have-a-family-or-a-mortgage-i-m-trying-to-keep-my-lifestyle/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-worry-that-i-will-lose-control-over-the-projects-i-get-to-work-on/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-don-t-think-i-could-write-a-good-play-if-i-was-setting-out-to-write/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/under-todd-haimes-leadership-roundabout-created-a-black-box-theater/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-didn-t-quite-fit-in-in-any-particular-specific-way-i-was-a-gay/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-m-still-learning-so-much-with-every-play-i-write-so-i-wrestle-with/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-m-always-very-self-conscious-and-assume-the-way-faith-or-religion/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [To be totally honest, I thought I would have a Broadway debut in the distant, distant future, maybe in my 60s or 70s when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/to-be-totally-honest-i-thought-i-would-have-a-broadway-debut-in-the/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/coming-home-for-me-isn-t-like-one-family-dinner-it-s-about-am-i-gonna/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [When you're the artsy, weirdo, introverted outsider growing up, you don't fit into your community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/when-you-re-the-artsy-weirdo-introverted-outsider-growing-up-you-don/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/writing-plays-for-me-is-often-an-act-of-looking-at-basement-level/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [I don't come from a family of artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-don-t-come-from-a-family-of-artists/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/suddenly-you-re-at-church-and-you-hear-someone-pray-for-gays-and/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/janet-carroll-and-robert-pine-chris-pine-s-dad-were-in-my-first-play/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

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