If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs - ask for is more information, which sometimes can really weigh down a play. There's only so much… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I think I have a certain kind of style. I think at the same time, I'm aware that there's certain things that I did… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I have a really, really difficult time with dramaturgy sometimes in America, because I write about other cultures. I write about a culture that… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I'm very much inspired by the Latin music, especially the romantic boleros. Not that when I sit to write a play I listen to… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the beginning, when… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I think that the Pulitzer Prize is definitely a blessing, but it's also a curse. Because I think that it is a blessing because… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I find it's very confusing when one critic tells you one thing and one tells you something completely different. Unless all the critics agree… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I do table… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I was taught to lie at a young age. . . . I think that [A PARK IN OUR HOUSE] describes what people make… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I've been a little disappointed in directors in America. I'm really after a theater that doesn't just deal with the actual texts that I… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
![“I was taught to lie at a young age. . . . I think that [A PARK IN OUR HOUSE] describes what people make out of their reality in a totalitarian system like Castro's. They take flight and move into the imagination in order to transcend their immediate reality. I had to write this play. It helped me…” quote by Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a26/nilo-cruz-36320_age_i-was-taught-to-lie-at-a-young-age-i-thi_3050601.jpg)
