"The theater is a communal event, like church.……" — Marsha Norman
"The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart."
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Marsha Norman
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19 Quotes by Marsha Norman
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There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music…
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We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy.…
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Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.
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I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career.
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Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.
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People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear…
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I'm just not having a very good time and I don't have any reason to think it'll get anything but…
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Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and…
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No. You can't. And I can't do anything either, about my life, to change it, make it better, make me…
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Family is just accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family,…
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Success is always something that you have to recover from.
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I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.
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