Christopher Durang Quotes

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• My parents didn't really know one another.
• I need a life. I need a friend. I need a change. But nothing ever changes.
• My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was…
• Laughter can bring a new perspective.
• I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.
• I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.
• Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.
• When my parents separated, I was very grateful.
• On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.
• Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.
• The first several scenes are about sexual addiction. They're not specifically political at all. . . . I didn't sit down and think, I am…
• I thought if I can do something more playful and light like my play BEYOND THERAPY, it might be a money maker. I think one…
• I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.
• My biggest problem with organized religion is that God has been imagined as a human being with emotions. I feel if you let go of…
• It was before Vatican II and the liberalization of church doctrine. You weren't meant to eat meat on Friday in deference to Christ, who died…
• Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance…

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