I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.
ADAM RAPPI’ve been living in Portland for five months and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I probably won’t really know for years because that’s how it works right?
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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More often than not, an entropy creeps in that strangles me, and then the inevitable happens.
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I’ve written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it’s important for people to know that theatre is vital.
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I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn’t intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play
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You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
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A typical day for me is I’m writing when I’m not directing.
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I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.
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Mary’s house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace.
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When it’s just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.
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I’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
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I appreciate good criticism and I think it’s really important.
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I don’t know where the characters are going to go or what’s going to happen.
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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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There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies.
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It was like losing an important weight-bearing bone, and I knew I would spend the rest of my life trying to figure out how to walk the streets without it.
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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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