--- title: "4 Bored Quotes By Marsha Norman" description: "4 Bored quotes by Marsha Norman. Plus more from Marsha Norman and more Bored sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/marsha-norman-15263_bored_i-m-just-not-having-a-very-good-time-and_1278513.jpg" --- > [I'm just not having a very good time and I don't have any reason to think it'll get anything but worse. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/i-m-just-not-having-a-very-good-time-and-i-don-t-have-any-reason-to/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/marsha-norman-15263_bored_i-m-just-not-having-a-very-good-time-and_1278513.jpg) > [Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/mama-i-know-you-used-to-ride-the-bus-riding-the-bus-and-it-s-hot-and/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/marsha-norman-15263_block_mama-i-know-you-used-to-ride-the-bus-rid_1671151.jpg) > [No. You can't. And I can't do anything either, about my life, to change it, make it better, make me feel better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/no-you-can-t-and-i-can-t-do-anything-either-about-my-life-to-change/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/marsha-norman-15263_bored_no-you-can-t-and-i-can-t-do-anything-eit_2142759.jpg) > [Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus, and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/mama-i-know-you-used-to-ride-the-bus-riding-the-bus-and-it-s-hot-and-2/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/marsha-norman-15263_block_mama-i-know-you-used-to-ride-the-bus-rid_2735549.jpg) ## Other authors on Bored - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/neil-gaiman/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/chuck-palahniuk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-lagerfeld-55227.jpg) Karl Lagerfeld 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/karl-lagerfeld/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/donald-trump/) ## More by Marsha Norman > [Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/knowing-is-the-most-profound-kind-of-love-giving-someone-the-gift-of/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/jesus-was-a-suicide-if-you-ask-me/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/music-expresses-longing-and-love-and-joy-better-than-any-piece-of/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel. ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/during-the-day-our-souls-gather-their-impressions-of-us-how-our-lives/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [What's so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you're going to get your embarrassing old body back?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/what-s-so-good-about-a-heaven-where-one-of-these-days-you-re-going-to/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/i-have-had-an-inordinate-and-painful-concern-for-the-audience-in-my/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [“...I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/i-only-told-you-about-it-because-i-thought-i-might-get-a-laugh-out-of/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [Success is always something that you have to recover from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/success-is-always-something-that-you-have-to-recover-from/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [Family is just accident… They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/family-is-just-accident-they-don-t-mean-to-get-on-your-nerves-they/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/what-i-hope-to-do-is-create-a-play-that-investigates-the-ongoing/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/there-are-days-when-i-think-the-national-endowment-for-the-arts/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/people-do-think-that-if-they-avoid-the-truth-it-might-change-to/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [I'm just not having a very good time and I don't have any reason to think it'll get anything but worse. I'm tired. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/i-m-just-not-having-a-very-good-time-and-i-don-t-have-any-reason-to/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, 'OK, that's enough for you. Now go away.' What I wanted was to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/after-i-won-the-pulitzer-there-was-this-sense-of-ok-that-s-enough-for/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) > [Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/think-of-a-musical-as-a-string-of-pearls-if-you-don-t-have-a-string/) [Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/marsha-norman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bored Quotes By Marsha Norman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm just not having a very good time and I don't have any reason to think it'll get anything but worse. I'm tired. I'm hurt. I'm sad. 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