Admire Quote by Ellen McLaughlin

In 'Angels in America,' I got to fulfill a lifelong dream. I was in the air eight nights a week for two years, and…

— Ellen McLaughlin

The sensation of flying is incredible, and it's such a miraculous notion to go into the air and see the world without delineation.

— Ellen McLaughlin

I don't do my best work while I'm in therapy. I'm too onto myself immediately seeing meanings in things and more likely to censor…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of what I…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I write in order to understand the images. Being what my agent . . . somewhat ruefully calls a language playwright, is problematic because…

— Ellen McLaughlin

Not just my parents, but teachers, friends, mentors - a host of people are to be thanked for any success I have had, and…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I'm very comfortable in the air. And if you're really in love with flight, you're in love to a certain extent with being outside…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much.

— Ellen McLaughlin

When I was in high school, I was going to be a painter because I had a facility for painting. I could do it,…

— Ellen McLaughlin

The more you head into the maelstrom, the more vulnerable you are, of course. But it's what you owe to whatever gift you have.

— Ellen McLaughlin

I just realized at some point that I was hopelessly in love with the theater. I fought it for a long time because I…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to…

— Ellen McLaughlin