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> [I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/i-may-think-i-have-inalienable-rights-to-be-alive-and-happy-but-i-don/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

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## More by Terrence McNally

> ['American Playhouse' is very supportive of writers. That's really why writers like to write for 'American Playhouse' for very little money. They care about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/american-playhouse-is-very-supportive-of-writers-that-s-really-why/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [With me, writing is 60% imagination, 30% people you know and 10% you don't know where it comes from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/with-me-writing-is-60-imagination-30-people-you-know-and-10-you-don-t/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/cheating-is-not-the-american-way-it-is-small-while-we-are-large-it-is/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster. Writing has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/whenever-you-think-you-re-writing-what-other-people-want-to-hear-from/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/young-people-have-got-to-start-their-own-theaters-really-all-good/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/work-with-good-directors-without-them-your-play-is-doomed-at-the-time/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [If you're trying to write something that you don't understand and embrace at the very core of you, it's not going to turn out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/if-you-re-trying-to-write-something-that-you-don-t-understand-and/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/i-m-of-the-school-write-what-you-know-you-can-educate-yourself-but/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/i-like-to-surprise-myself-i-ve-always-been-attracted-to-projects/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/i-may-think-i-have-inalienable-rights-to-be-alive-and-happy-but-i-don/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/technology-promises-to-let-us-do-anything-from-anywhere-with-anyone/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn't like Sutherland AND Callas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/in-those-days-you-had-to-like-one-or-the-other-you-couldn-t-like/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [“MARIA. So. How is everyone? Can you hear me? I don't believe in microphones. Singing is first of all about projection. So is speech.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/maria-so-how-is-everyone-can-you-hear-me-i-don-t-believe-in/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/there-are-so-many-rules-about-play-writing-i-d-have-a-nervous/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

> [Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/write-plays-that-matter-raise-the-stakes-shout-yell-holler-but-make/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

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