That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own destiny. What power! What exhilaration! Want a drag? — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright,… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana. — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class. — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
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