If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
No. You can't. And I can't do anything either, about my life, to change it, make it better, make me feel better… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Art is how a culture records its life, how it poses questions for the next generation and how it will be remembered. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
“I see it on his face. I hear it when he talks. We look out at the world and we see the… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
When you fight something long enough, it becomes a center pole right in your life and you count on it to be… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know… — 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
