"Every play I write is about love and……" — Suzan-Lori Parks
"Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history."
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17 Quotes by Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks has 17 quotes on this site.
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I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see…
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I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for…
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And as you walk yr road, as you live yr life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the…
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Quality is like quantity, but there's a lot less of it.
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People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every…
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Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such…
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The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play.…
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I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and…
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Be bold. Envision yourself living a life that you love. Believe, even if you can only muster your faith for…
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Youre only yourself when no ones watching!
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The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat.…
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Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.
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More Distance Quotes
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?
— Richard Bach
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Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone,…
— Emily Greene Balch
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous…
— Alan Ball
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.
— Ugo Betti
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.
— Theodor Adorno
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It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursuing that, you're…
— Lewis Black
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
— Aesop
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become…
— Bono
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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
— Victor Borge
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