In the theater, when people hear that you're writing a play, they want to know what it's all about, whether there's a role for them. You write it fairly quickly, and it becomes a group activity before you're really ready… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel. ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
What's so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you're going to get your embarrassing old body back? — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
“...I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Family is just accident… They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
