I never know what the hell I'm writing about, I never know what the next thing I'm writing about is, I never… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I try to write fun - though difficult and challenging - things for actors to do, because I know if they're having… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
Well, one of the things we're supposed to be able to do as playwrights is write from a place of empathy, get… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht… — 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… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but… — 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
