I saw 'Six Degrees of Separation' because my brother was in it. It was a watershed experience. It was theatrical and scary, and New York functioned like a character. John Guare became a hero for me. — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest. Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart. Somewhere so… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
“At the funeral my stitches were itching like crazy, but it didn’t bother me much because I was like totally tripping on the codeine they’d prescribed for the pain. They cremated my mom and stuffed her ashes into a pine box and put an eight-by-ten photo next to it. In the photo she was wearing too much makeup and it… — Adam Rapp Copy Share
I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive, and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can't not write, and… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
“Things were pretty cold-blooded back in Rockdale. That's when my arms were so pretty I could hold them up to the light and see… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Whenever I've been in rehearsals, it's really fun, there's always laughing. — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
“I asked her if she liked PJ Harvey and she said that she liked her old stuff mostly and that Uh Huh Her was… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart; the same way you can hear a… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your $60. Great criticism is a kind of literature. I've written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it's important for people to know that theatre is vital. Criticism is really unevenly distributed in… — Adam Rapp Copy Share
