--- title: "113 Lynn Nottage Quotes - Famous Playwright (Sweat)" description: "Lynn Nottage quotes about resilience, diversity in theater, and curiosity over judgment." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b060/author-lynn-nottage-4259.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b060/author-lynn-nottage-4259.jpg) # Lynn Nottage (1964) Playwright United States **113** quotes in **498** categories Nottage reminds us that human misery never ebbs. She says people are incredibly resilient, so we keep going, and she urges more diverse voices behind Broadway’s closed doors. She also suggests swapping judgment for curiosity to spark fresh creativity today. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lynn Nottage is a playwright from the United States, best known for *Sweat*. ## Quick Facts About Lynn Nottage Born January 1, 1964 Nationality United States Profession Playwright Notable works Sweat Known for Ruined Spouse Tony Gerber ## About Lynn Nottage Lynn Nottage is an American playwright whose stories often focus on the experience of working‑class people, especially Black people. She earned the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: first in 2009 for her play Ruined, and again in 2017 for her play Sweat. By winning both awards she became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama two times. ## Awards & Honors Pulitzer Prize for Drama Guggenheim Fellowship MacArthur Fellows Program star on Playwrights' Sidewalk ## Quotes by Lynn Nottage > [I try to be led by my curiosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-try-to-be-led-by-my-curiosity/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/lynn-nottage-4259_curiosity_i-try-to-be-led-by-my-curiosity-415334_415334.png) > [Broadway is a closed ecosystem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/broadway-is-a-closed-ecosystem/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/lynn-nottage-4259_actor_broadway-is-a-closed-ecosystem-157610_157610.png) > [My hobby is raising my children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/my-hobby-is-raising-my-children/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/lynn-nottage-4259_children_my-hobby-is-raising-my-children-3104250_3104250.png) > [I think sometimes you need distance to reflect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-think-sometimes-you-need-distance-to-reflect/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Distance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/lynn-nottage-4259_distance_i-think-sometimes-you-need-distance-to-r_1450728.png) > [For me, the first thing is to tell a good story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/for-me-the-first-thing-is-to-tell-a-good-story/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [First](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/lynn-nottage-4259_first_for-me-the-first-thing-is-to-tell-a-good_1412658.png) > [We use metaphors to express our own truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/we-use-metaphors-to-express-our-own-truths/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Express](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/express/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/lynn-nottage-4259_express_we-use-metaphors-to-express-our-own-trut_964277.png) > [I need a release from whatever I'm writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-need-a-release-from-whatever-i-m-writing/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Need](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/need/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/lynn-nottage-4259_need_i-need-a-release-from-whatever-i-m-writi_1159395.png) > [Replace judgment with curiosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/replace-judgment-with-curiosity/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/lynn-nottage-4259_curiosity_replace-judgment-with-curiosity-157923_157923.png) > [I see procrastination and research as part of my artistic process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-see-procrastination-and-research-as-part-of-my-artistic-process/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/lynn-nottage-4259_art_i-see-procrastination-and-research-as-pa_1070764.png) > [Who wants to see the same play again? I certainly don't want to write the same play again and again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/who-wants-to-see-the-same-play-again-i-certainly-don-t-want-to-write/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/lynn-nottage-4259_actor_who-wants-to-see-the-same-play-again-i-c_426433.png) > [American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/american-audiences-very-rarely-deal-with-material-outside-their/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/lynn-nottage-4259_american_american-audiences-very-rarely-deal-with_2885067.png) > [We live in a global society, and I don't think we can talk about, quote unquote, 'American themes' anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/we-live-in-a-global-society-and-i-don-t-think-we-can-talk-about-quote/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/lynn-nottage-4259_american_we-live-in-a-global-society-and-i-don-t_711430.png) > [What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/what-i-often-do-when-i-m-writing-if-i-can-t-find-that-story-i-go-out/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/lynn-nottage-4259_find_what-i-often-do-when-i-m-writing-if-i-ca_120691.png) > [All of my plays are about people who have been marginalized... erased from the public record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/all-of-my-plays-are-about-people-who-have-been-marginalized-erased/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/lynn-nottage-4259_about_all-of-my-plays-are-about-people-who-hav_1333227.png) > [I'm always hyperaware of the way in which working people are portrayed on the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-m-always-hyperaware-of-the-way-in-which-working-people-are/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/lynn-nottage-4259_always_i-m-always-hyperaware-of-the-way-in-whic_1439700.png) > [I like to go into a space, listen, absorb, and then interpret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-like-to-go-into-a-space-listen-absorb-and-then-interpret/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Absorb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absorb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/lynn-nottage-4259_absorb_i-like-to-go-into-a-space-listen-absorb_946640.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/there-is-an-enduring-feeling-that-women-can-write-domestic-dramas-but/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Dramas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dramas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/lynn-nottage-4259_dramas_there-is-an-enduring-feeling-that-women_2915215.png) > [It's incumbent on us to reach beyond the confines of the institutions that traditionally produce art and find new ways to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/it-s-incumbent-on-us-to-reach-beyond-the-confines-of-the-institutions/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/lynn-nottage-4259_art_it-s-incumbent-on-us-to-reach-beyond-the_349949.png) > ['Intimate Apparel' is a lyrical meditation on one woman's loneliness and desire. 'Fabulation' is a very fast-paced play of the MTV generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/intimate-apparel-is-a-lyrical-meditation-on-one-woman-s-loneliness/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/lynn-nottage-4259_desire_intimate-apparel-is-a-lyrical-meditation_902993.png) > [It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/it-remains-an-incredible-struggle-for-women-in-theater-and-in/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Broadway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/lynn-nottage-4259_broadway_it-remains-an-incredible-struggle-for-wo_2782072.png) > [I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-ve-been-asked-a-lot-why-didn-t-ruined-go-to-broadway-it-was-the/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Asked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/lynn-nottage-4259_asked_i-ve-been-asked-a-lot-why-didn-t-ruined_961921.jpg) > [The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/the-more-you-go-to-a-theatre-and-the-more-you-hear-stories-you-aren-t/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Become](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/become/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/lynn-nottage-4259_become_the-more-you-go-to-a-theatre-and-the-mor_1817690.png) > [When the play is still evolving I try to be at rehearsal as often as possible, and part of that casting process.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/when-the-play-is-still-evolving-i-try-to-be-at-rehearsal-as-often-as/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Casting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/casting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/lynn-nottage-4259_casting_when-the-play-is-still-evolving-i-try-to_703143.png) > [The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/the-essence-of-creativity-is-to-look-beyond-where-you-can-actually/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Beyond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beyond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/lynn-nottage-4259_beyond_the-essence-of-creativity-is-to-look-bey_92758.png) > [In many ways, I consider those to be my formative years, because when you're in school, you have a distant relationship to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/in-many-ways-i-consider-those-to-be-my-formative-years-because-when/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/lynn-nottage-4259_books_in-many-ways-i-consider-those-to-be-my-f_3053261.jpg) > [I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-see-the-audience-as-the-final-collaborator-i-think-it-s-kind-of/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/lynn-nottage-4259_audience_i-see-the-audience-as-the-final-collabor_1584004.png) > [In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/in-senior-year-at-college-paula-vogel-was-my-playwriting-teacher-she/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/lynn-nottage-4259_actor_in-senior-year-at-college-paula-vogel-wa_2580256.png) > [Here's the dilemma of the modern age: There used to be actions that workers could take, in the form of a strike.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/here-s-the-dilemma-of-the-modern-age-there-used-to-be-actions-that/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/lynn-nottage-4259_age_here-s-the-dilemma-of-the-modern-age-the_2644881.png) > [I wanted to tell the story of these women and the war in the Congo and I couldn't find anything about them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-wanted-to-tell-the-story-of-these-women-and-the-war-in-the-congo/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/lynn-nottage-4259_absence_i-wanted-to-tell-the-story-of-these-wome_2431291.jpg) > [I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-find-my-characters-and-stories-in-many-varied-places-sometimes-they/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Articles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/articles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/lynn-nottage-4259_articles_i-find-my-characters-and-stories-in-many_3174090.png) > [I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the initial actors that develop it end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-think-that-when-you-re-first-shaping-the-play-and-trying-to-find-a/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/lynn-nottage-4259_actors_i-think-that-when-you-re-first-shaping-t_2626695.png) > ['Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/ruined-was-a-play-which-was-somewhat-of-an-anomaly-in-that-i-did-not/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/lynn-nottage-4259_actor_ruined-was-a-play-which-was-somewhat-of_1717168.jpg) > [I feel it's my social responsibility to shine a light on areas that don't get seen. My personal feeling is that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-feel-it-s-my-social-responsibility-to-shine-a-light-on-areas-that/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/lynn-nottage-4259_active_i-feel-it-s-my-social-responsibility-to_2738910.png) > [I'm a contemporary playwright in a postmodern world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-m-a-contemporary-playwright-in-a-postmodern-world/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Playwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playwright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/lynn-nottage-4259_playwright_i-m-a-contemporary-playwright-in-a-postm_1181096.png) > [I am a storyteller by trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-am-a-storyteller-by-trade/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/lynn-nottage-4259_am_i-am-a-storyteller-by-trade-85422_85422.png) > [I think of myself as a healing artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-think-of-myself-as-a-healing-artist/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/lynn-nottage-4259_art_i-think-of-myself-as-a-healing-artist-15_1589232.png) > [Each play I write has its own unique origin story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/each-play-i-write-has-its-own-unique-origin-story/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Origin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/origin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/lynn-nottage-4259_origin_each-play-i-write-has-its-own-unique-ori_2841212.png) > [I'm a schizophrenic writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-m-a-schizophrenic-writer/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Schizophrenic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/schizophrenic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/lynn-nottage-4259_schizophrenic_i-m-a-schizophrenic-writer-1094162_1094162.png) > [There's never any ebb in human misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/there-s-never-any-ebb-in-human-misery/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Any](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/any/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/lynn-nottage-4259_any_there-s-never-any-ebb-in-human-misery-54_5463.png) > [Silence is complicity. I believe that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/silence-is-complicity-i-believe-that/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/lynn-nottage-4259_believe_silence-is-complicity-i-believe-that-569_569633.png) ## Lynn Nottage by topic [People (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/lynn-nottage/) [Theatre (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/lynn-nottage/) [Writing (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/lynn-nottage/) [Women (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/lynn-nottage/) [Play (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/play/lynn-nottage/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/#itemlist", "name": "Lynn Nottage Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": 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