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Art has an obligation to offend.

Edward Albee

Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!
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Adoption Fascinate Mom Myself People Play
There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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Actor Population
Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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Close Creativity Examination Magic
I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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Attack Creation Feeling Myself
When you get old, you can’t talk to people because people snap at you…. That’s why you become deaf, so you won’t be able to hear people talking to you that way.
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Old People Snap Talk Way Yourself
I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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Finding Play Writing
There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Death Life Poet Writing
Every monster was a man first.
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Man Monster One Liner
When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Blame End People Play Way
Progress is a set of assumptions.
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Assumption One Liner Progress
It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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Promote Public Responsibility Theatre
In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.
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Access Democracy Information People Point Public Stop Yourself
I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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Mindset Myself Remember Thinking Time Yourself
Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Bed Music Sports
What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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Education Myself Preference Taste
A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
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Confusion Education People

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