"Cheating is not the American way. It is……" — Terrence McNally
"Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish."
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11 Quotes by Terrence McNally
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There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.
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I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,'…
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I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn…
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Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed…
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Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim…
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Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a…
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I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing.
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I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the…
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I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different…
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Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start…
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