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> [Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a performance. For theater, the director does everything he can and then says, 'Out you go,' and the actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/film-is-mostly-a-visual-medium-and-so-the-director-has-much-more/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

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> [Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your words. People can give you notes, but you don't have to take them. In Hollywood you take them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/pretty-much-the-writer-s-in-charge-in-theater-of-course-you-re-in/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

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## Other authors on Charge

## More by David Lindsay-Abaire

> [“Nat: I don't know. The weight of it, I guess. At some point it becomes bearable. It turns into something you can crawl out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/nat-i-don-t-know-the-weight-of-it-i-guess-at-some-point-it-becomes/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/my-plays-tend-to-be-peopled-with-outsiders-in-search-of-clarity/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a performance. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/film-is-mostly-a-visual-medium-and-so-the-director-has-much-more/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/the-pulitzer-has-nothing-to-do-with-me-it-s-more-about-people-s/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/class-is-something-i-know-about-i-ve-lived-it-every-day-of-my-life/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/i-m-going-to-do-whatever-interests-me-look-writing-rabbit-hole-came/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/i-don-t-want-to-work-on-a-musical-if-i-m-not-the-lyricist/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/we-have-this-myth-that-if-you-work-hard-you-can-accomplish-anything/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/having-deadlines-helps-because-people-are-constantly-breathing-down/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/i-m-just-writing-about-people-people-are-dark-and-complicated-i-m/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/so-even-the-most-unlikely-events-have-to-take-place-somewhere/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [Only assholes write plays about Nazis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/only-assholes-write-plays-about-nazis/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/i-dont-want-to-work-on-a-musical-if-im-not-the-lyricist/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/i-ve-been-pretty-well-treated-by-the-critics-but-the-critics-who-didn/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

> [From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/from-a-young-age-i-was-rubbing-elbows-with-a-very-different-kind-of/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

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