I appreciate good criticism and I think it’s really important.
ADAM RAPPThere’s only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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It’s strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can’t even answer it.
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I’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
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It’s been hard for me to not write, and that’s the only process I can speak to I guess, it’s so compulsive and I need to do it all the time that sometimes I make myself not do it so I can actually tend to my life.
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And there’s nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.
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My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
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I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.
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I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused.
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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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I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
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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.
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It just happens quicker and faster now.
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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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You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.
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One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave.
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Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart.
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What I’ve learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.
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Mary’s house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace.
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The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.
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I know that something inevitable will happen.
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Ice congeals in the stomach. Frost spiderwebs in the lungs.
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I don’t mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart
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There’s only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky.
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Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
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I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.
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So I started to think like, “well if I’m going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct”.
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The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
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