Best Tony Kushner Sayings
- There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility. From
- There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater. Illusion
- You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies. Go
- A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's… Cabin
- Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes,… Accuracy
- But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good humour. For me,… All
- But I think what made me go into theater was seeing my mother onstage. The first thing she did was Mrs. Frank in 'The Diary… Anne
- I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to… Any
- I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and… Any
- I grew up in a small Southern town, and there were white people and black people. Coming to New York to go to Columbia, every… Absolutely
- I had a dream, in 1985, I believe, when a friend I'd gone to school with was sick - one of the first people I… Aids
- I think I'll always be a better playwright than a pundit, but I believe that writers should be public intellectuals and that theater, even more… Believe
- I write plays and movies, I live and work at the borderline between word and image just as any cartoonist or illustrator does. I'm not… Any
- I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright… Almost Impossible
- If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, or you're a woman and you can't go… All
- In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of… Comprehension
- The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous… Among
- You have a good heart and you think the good thing is to be guilty and kind but it's not always kind to be gentle… Always Kind
- I just wondered what a thing it would be...if overnight everything you owe anything to, justice, or love, had really gone away. Free. It would… Away Free
- Imagination can't create anything new, can it? It only recycles bits and pieces from the world and reassembles them into visions... So when we thing… Anything New
- I hate America. I hate this country. It’s just big ideas, and stories, and people dying, and people like you. The white cracker who wrote… America
- Don't be afraid; people are so afraid; don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone...Learn at least this: What you are capable… Afraid
- The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could… Anthem
- Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions. Delicate
- I wish you would be more true to your demographic profile. Life is confusing enough. Confusing