About family Quote by Christopher Durang

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

— William Nicholson

The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of their new…

— Stephen Daldry

“...one's family is made up of supporting players in one's personal drama. One never supposes that they starred in some possibly gaudy and certainly…

— Robertson Davies

There are two strains, I think, in American playwriting, of importance. One is traditional narrative realism, which is definitely my strain, and then the…

— Tony Kushner

So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the kind of…

— Stephen Karam

Family dramas are tough, as a playwright. Most stories are about characters going on a trip or a new character coming to town, because…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditions”; litanies to family values…

— Susan Sontag

If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We…

— Roger Rosenblatt

I think that's actually what draws me to family stories: the various roles we each play with each member of our families, and how…

— Christopher Castellani

To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations.

— Kevin Kwan

Each play I write has its own unique origin story.

— Lynn Nottage

I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally make up.…

— Pat Conroy