When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to say, 'You're a bum and you can't write. This stinks.' and throw the script in the garbage. The… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It helps me to write any play that I'm working on because I think one of the things I… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
“VIOLET: Oh, horseshit, horeshit, let's all say horseshit. Say horseshit, Bill. BILL: Horseshit.” — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our theater know… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good. — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
“You're thoughtful, Barbara, but you're not open. You're passionate, but you're hard. You're a good, decent, funny, wonderful woman, and I love you, but… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations. — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I never know what the hell I'm writing about, I never know what the next thing I'm writing about is, I never have a… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
“We covered this around Year Three, Bill: that you're the Master of Space and Time and I'm a spastic Pomeranian.” — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town, in a small community, and I would not have had access to great plays when I was… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd give advice. That never pays off. That's always a bad idea. If they follow your advice and it doesn't work… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
