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> [My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, 'The Color Purple' is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-norman/my-view-is-that-musicals-are-love-stories-with-great-final-scenes-it/)

[Marsha Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-norman/)

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## 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/)

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