--- title: "Best Lynn Nottage Sayings" description: "Lynn Nottage is an American playwright who writes about working‑class people, especially Black people. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2009 for ..." 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 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 · Page 3 > [Growing up in New York City, I'd flirted with the idea of driving, but between the subway and the sidewalks, I'd never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/growing-up-in-new-york-city-i-d-flirted-with-the-idea-of-driving-but/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/lynn-nottage-4259_city_growing-up-in-new-york-city-i-d-flirted_388696.png) > [It is such a joy to join a legacy of amazing female playwrights who have managed to break through the glass ceiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/it-is-such-a-joy-to-join-a-legacy-of-amazing-female-playwrights-who/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Amazing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/lynn-nottage-4259_amazing_it-is-such-a-joy-to-join-a-legacy-of-ama_1680723.png) > [It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/it-s-much-easier-to-conjure-characters-strictly-from-your-imagination/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/lynn-nottage-4259_character_it-s-much-easier-to-conjure-characters-s_2691669.png) > [It's very easy, when we're reading those articles on the 20th page of 'The New York Times,' to distance ourselves and say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/it-s-very-easy-when-we-re-reading-those-articles-on-the-20th-page-of/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/lynn-nottage-4259_distance_it-s-very-easy-when-we-re-reading-those_1056582.png) > [I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-wrote-ruined-and-vera-stark-at-the-same-time-that-s-just-how-my/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/lynn-nottage-4259_brain_i-wrote-ruined-and-vera-stark-at-the-sam_1251401.png) > [The great thing about 'Vera Stark' is that my research was watching movies, screwball comedies, so I could literally sit back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/the-great-thing-about-vera-stark-is-that-my-research-was-watching/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/lynn-nottage-4259_great_the-great-thing-about-vera-stark-is-that_240076.png) > [Saying, 'I'm going to create jobs' is great, but before you create jobs, something has to be offered to alleviate some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/saying-i-m-going-to-create-jobs-is-great-but-before-you-create-jobs/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/lynn-nottage-4259_create_saying-i-m-going-to-create-jobs-is-great_2579860.png) > [I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-was-really-interested-in-the-way-in-which-poverty-and-economic/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/lynn-nottage-4259_american_i-was-really-interested-in-the-way-in-wh_1696810.png) > [If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/if-you-re-looking-at-the-people-who-head-the-institutions-there-are/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/lynn-nottage-4259_african-american_if-you-re-looking-at-the-people-who-head_383819.jpg) > [The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/the-person-whose-work-introduced-me-to-the-craft-was-lorraine/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Craft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/craft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/lynn-nottage-4259_craft_the-person-whose-work-introduced-me-to-t_1772088.png) > [I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-am-interested-in-people-living-in-the-margins-of-society-and-i-do/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/lynn-nottage-4259_am_i-am-interested-in-people-living-in-the_1570703.png) > [When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/when-you-begin-a-play-you-re-going-to-have-to-spend-a-lot-of-time/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/lynn-nottage-4259_character_when-you-begin-a-play-you-re-going-to-ha_1091195.png) > [When I sat in rooms with middle-aged white men, I heard them speaking like young black men in America. They had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/when-i-sat-in-rooms-with-middle-aged-white-men-i-heard-them-speaking/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/lynn-nottage-4259_america_when-i-sat-in-rooms-with-middle-aged-whi_2603391.png) > [My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/my-fears-about-where-theater-is-going-it-s-the-hollywood-model-where/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/lynn-nottage-4259_dollar_my-fears-about-where-theater-is-going-it_205601.png) > [People probably have different philosophies about this, but I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/people-probably-have-different-philosophies-about-this-but-i-think/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/lynn-nottage-4259_character_people-probably-have-different-philosoph_1421284.png) > [Hopefully this is going to be a trend, the beginning of a movement to reclaim theater for the artist and not commerce.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/hopefully-this-is-going-to-be-a-trend-the-beginning-of-a-movement-to/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/lynn-nottage-4259_art_hopefully-this-is-going-to-be-a-trend-th_3019192.jpg) > [I wonder: Would there be a black president if people hadn't already begun imagining, through film and television, that a black man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-wonder-would-there-be-a-black-president-if-people-hadn-t-already/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/lynn-nottage-4259_film_i-wonder-would-there-be-a-black-presiden_218834.png) > [In my family history, there are generations of women who were abandoned by men. It's one of the themes of my family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/in-my-family-history-there-are-generations-of-women-who-were/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/lynn-nottage-4259_abandoned_in-my-family-history-there-are-generatio_2327230.png) > [When you're fighting for an increasingly smaller portion of the pie, you turn against each other; you create reasons to hate each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/when-you-re-fighting-for-an-increasingly-smaller-portion-of-the-pie/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/lynn-nottage-4259_create_when-you-re-fighting-for-an-increasingly_1689371.png) > [I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-love-my-people-s-history-i-feel-a-huge-responsibility-to-tell-the/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Ancestors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancestors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/lynn-nottage-4259_ancestors_i-love-my-people-s-history-i-feel-a-huge_427578.png) > [Broadway's never my end goal because of the plays I write. These are tough plays. Of course there's a lot of humor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/broadway-s-never-my-end-goal-because-of-the-plays-i-write-these-are/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Broadway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/lynn-nottage-4259_broadway_broadway-s-never-my-end-goal-because-of_3028829.png) > [I feel like 'Sweat' arrived on Broadway at the moment that it needed to. I feel like a commercial audience was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-feel-like-sweat-arrived-on-broadway-at-the-moment-that-it-needed-to/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/lynn-nottage-4259_actor_i-feel-like-sweat-arrived-on-broadway-at_2294461.png) > [Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/plays-are-getting-smaller-and-smaller-not-because-playwrights-minds/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/lynn-nottage-4259_because_plays-are-getting-smaller-and-smaller-no_1513137.png) > [There was no way I was going to write about Africa and not include the triumphant continuity of life that had also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/there-was-no-way-i-was-going-to-write-about-africa-and-not-include/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Africa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/africa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/lynn-nottage-4259_africa_there-was-no-way-i-was-going-to-write-ab_2887901.png) > [My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/my-interest-in-theatre-and-storytelling-began-in-my-mother-s-kitchen/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/lynn-nottage-4259_began_my-interest-in-theatre-and-storytelling_2101937.png) > [I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-always-thought-of-my-mother-as-a-warrior-woman-and-i-became/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/lynn-nottage-4259_always_i-always-thought-of-my-mother-as-a-warri_664137.png) > [I am a Tony voter; it is an honor that I take seriously. Each season, I enter the process with a degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-am-a-tony-voter-it-is-an-honor-that-i-take-seriously-each-season-i/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Enthusiasm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enthusiasm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/lynn-nottage-4259_enthusiasm_i-am-a-tony-voter-it-is-an-honor-that-i_1759284.png) > [There were not a lot of women in the theater department - it was really run by men, and so the message…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/there-were-not-a-lot-of-women-in-the-theater-department-it-was-really/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Backstage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backstage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/lynn-nottage-4259_backstage_there-were-not-a-lot-of-women-in-the-the_1972770.png) > [I teach at Columbia, and I'm always looking for books I can lose myself in during the 45 minutes I'm on the train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-teach-at-columbia-and-i-m-always-looking-for-books-i-can-lose/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/lynn-nottage-4259_always_i-teach-at-columbia-and-i-m-always-looki_2149042.png) > [In listening to the narratives of the Congolese, I came to terms with the extent to which their bodies had become battlefields.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/in-listening-to-the-narratives-of-the-congolese-i-came-to-terms-with/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/lynn-nottage-4259_become_in-listening-to-the-narratives-of-the-co_832183.png) > [In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/in-the-business-of-war-the-role-of-women-is-really-to-maintain/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/lynn-nottage-4259_business_in-the-business-of-war-the-role-of-women_2578802.png) > [I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-would-like-there-to-be-gender-equity-i-would-like-the-broadway/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/lynn-nottage-4259_actor_i-would-like-there-to-be-gender-equity-i_1435100.png) > [If the Tony Awards want to remain relevant in the American theater conversation, then they need to embrace the true diversity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/if-the-tony-awards-want-to-remain-relevant-in-the-american-theater/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/lynn-nottage-4259_american_if-the-tony-awards-want-to-remain-releva_2790650.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": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up in New York City, I'd flirted with the idea of driving, but between the subway and the sidewalks, I'd never needed to learn.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lynn Nottage" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/growing-up-in-new-york-city-i-d-flirted-with-the-idea-of-driving-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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