1985 - That was my time in New York, and I have such poetic, fond memories. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When I came to New York, I told everyone I was a writer/director, and they said, 'No.' There was a rule. You… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with New York early on. I was watching sitcoms that were set in or around New York, like 'The… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When I was little, I remember rehearsing starving so that when I got to New York I would know how to do… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I came to New York to write and direct, and when I got here, a lot of my rage came out. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Every single wave, when I was overwhelmed and poor and struggling in New York, there were these extraordinary people in New York… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Always, when I do a play, there's got to be an equation of risks and potential failure. When you're working on a… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
To want to come to New York, you have to have a sense of wonder about the world and a foolish sense… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
My absolutely favorite time of working on a project is the time I spend not knowing what it is. Because the longer… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
In Los Angeles, wealth and poverty are separated by the freeways. In New York, they're next to each other. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that other people's suffering was my responsibility. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
