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title: "2 Responsible World Quotes By August Wilson"
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> [You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not government's responsibility. It is not your school's or your social club's or your church's or your neighbor's or your fellow citizen's. It is yours, utterly and singularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/you-are-responsible-for-the-world-that-you-live-in-it-is-not/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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> [You are responsible for the world that you live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/you-are-responsible-for-the-world-that-you-live-in/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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## More by August Wilson

> [Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in 'The Cosby Show,' because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/most-of-black-america-is-in-housing-projects-without-jobs-living-on/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [I just write stuff down and pile it up, and when I get enough stuff, I spread it out and look at it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-just-write-stuff-down-and-pile-it-up-and-when-i-get-enough-stuff-i/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [I don't look at our society today too much. My focus is still in the past, and part of the reason is because what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-don-t-look-at-our-society-today-too-much-my-focus-is-still-in-the/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [The director works as an interpretive artist, but he's still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/the-director-works-as-an-interpretive-artist-but-he-s-still-an-artist/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [I dropped out of school, but I didn't drop out of life. I would leave the house each morning and go to the main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-dropped-out-of-school-but-i-didn-t-drop-out-of-life-i-would-leave/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [When I first started writing plays I couldn't write good dialogue because I didn't respect how black people talked. I thought that in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/when-i-first-started-writing-plays-i-couldn-t-write-good-dialogue/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [“Like you? I go out of here every morning...bust my butt...cause I like you? It's my job. It's my responsibility!... Not cause I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/like-you-i-go-out-of-here-every-morning-bust-my-butt-cause-i-like-you/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [“-How long you been with the rail road now? -Twenty-seven years. Now, I'll tell you something about the railroad. What I done learned after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/how-long-you-been-with-the-rail-road-now-twenty-seven-years-now-i-ll/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [Scripts were rather scarce in 1968. We did a lot of Amiri Baraka's plays, the agitprop stuff he was writing. It was at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/scripts-were-rather-scarce-in-1968-we-did-a-lot-of-amiri-baraka-s/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/all-you-need-in-the-world-is-love-and-laughter-that-s-all-anybody/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-ain-t-never-found-no-place-for-me-to-fit-seem-like-all-i-do-is/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [I don't write for a particular audience. I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-don-t-write-for-a-particular-audience-i-work-as-an-artist-and-i/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-dont-write-particularly-to-effect-social-change-i-believe-writing/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [“Don't try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure they doing right by you,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/don-t-try-and-go-through-life-worrying-about-if-somebody-like-you-or/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

> [Suffice it to say, I'm not poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/suffice-it-to-say-i-m-not-poor/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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