What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
By the sheer act of writing, we are trying to place value on the stories that we're invested in. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I do see myself as an old-fashioned storyteller. But there's always a touch of the political in my plays. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the initial actors that develop it end… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
There was no way I was going to write about Africa and not include the triumphant continuity of life that had also… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
There is an enduring feeling that women can write domestic dramas but don't have the muscularity or the vision to write state-of-the-nation… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I think that human beings were incredibly resilient; otherwise, we wouldn't keep going. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
We need to diversify the people who are backstage and producing and marketing these shows. It's the limitations of these people that are holding… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career.… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
