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title: "2 Killer Quotes By Tracy Letts"
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> ['Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/killer-joe-provides-a-lot-of-red-meat-for-the-theater-pam-mackinnon/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

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> ['Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater in Evanston, Illinois - back when I was getting started. I was just 25 and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/killer-joe-was-originally-written-in-1991-and-first-produced-in-93-at/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

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## Other authors on Killer

## More by Tracy Letts

> ['Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/killer-joe-provides-a-lot-of-red-meat-for-the-theater-pam-mackinnon/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> ['Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/killer-joe-was-originally-written-in-1991-and-first-produced-in-93-at/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [“VIOLET: Oh, horseshit, horeshit, let's all say horseshit. Say horseshit, Bill. BILL: Horseshit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/violet-oh-horseshit-horeshit-let-s-all-say-horseshit-say-horseshit/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/the-way-we-tell-our-stories-on-stage-is-that-we-use-spoken-word-to/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our theater know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/i-m-just-a-chicago-actor-who-s-a-playwright-even-with-the-success-of/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [I like Shakespeare, but I never know what the hell is going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/i-like-shakespeare-but-i-never-know-what-the-hell-is-going-on/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/i-don-t-know-what-it-says-about-me-that-i-have-a-greater-affinity/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [“You're thoughtful, Barbara, but you're not open. You're passionate, but you're hard. You're a good, decent, funny, wonderful woman, and I love you, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/you-re-thoughtful-barbara-but-you-re-not-open-you-re-passionate-but/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [Divorce is an embarrassing public admission of defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/divorce-is-an-embarrassing-public-admission-of-defeat/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [Time wounds all heals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/time-wounds-all-heals/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/one-of-the-things-you-hope-you-ve-done-as-a-playwright-is-create/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [I never know what the hell I'm writing about, I never know what the next thing I'm writing about is, I never have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/i-never-know-what-the-hell-i-m-writing-about-i-never-know-what-the/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [“We covered this around Year Three, Bill: that you're the Master of Space and Time and I'm a spastic Pomeranian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/we-covered-this-around-year-three-bill-that-you-re-the-master-of/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [I grew up in a small town, in a small community, and I would not have had access to great plays when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-in-a-small-community-and-i-would-not-have/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

> [I don't think I'd give advice. That never pays off. That's always a bad idea. If they follow your advice and it doesn't work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/i-don-t-think-i-d-give-advice-that-never-pays-off-that-s-always-a-bad/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

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