Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus, and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy, and more than anything else in the world, you wanna get off. And the only reason in the… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel. ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
What's so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you're going to get your embarrassing old body back? — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
“...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… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
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. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
