Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
ADAM RAPPSnow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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I feel that I’d rather know an actors’ work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I’ll see them in something and I’ll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.
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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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You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
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Whenever I’ve been in rehearsals, it’s really fun, there’s always laughing.
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In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
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And there’s nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.
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The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
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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.
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I’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?
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But when I’m writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I’m just impossible to get in touch with, and I don’t spend time with friends.
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I’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
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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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A typical day for me is I’m writing when I’m not directing.
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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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Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It’s killing new plays, demolishing one after another.
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