I don’t know if I have the ability to write an ending like My Fair Lady’s, when everyone gets what they want after a few minor conflicts.
ADAM RAPPThe same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn’t a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they’re not in the sky
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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And there’s nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.
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Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
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Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It’s killing new plays, demolishing one after another.
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When I’m directing, I’m pretty much not writing, but when I’m not directing I am writing a lot.
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I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can’t not write, and then I write first drafts in gallops.
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Snow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
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I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible
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My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it’s always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.
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I think I’m a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.
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Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature. It becomes a kind of personal weather system.
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I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn’t matter.
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I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.
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Somewhere so deep inside that the doctors can’t find it with all their machines and microcameras.
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Ice congeals in the stomach. Frost spiderwebs in the lungs.
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The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.
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