"Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer,……" — Suzan-Lori Parks
"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 an issue - that would make for incredibly boring writing, at least to my taste. Creating someone I don't know and her made-up world shows us more about who we are - is actually a better mirror - than if I were to parade in front of you an instantly recognizable person in an instantly recognizable situation. I'm not saying, Let's make it all abstract and weird and difficult and thereby you will know more about yourself. My process is much more organic than that."
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17 Quotes by Suzan-Lori Parks
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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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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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Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.
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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
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In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
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None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
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