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.
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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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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When I write, that takes over and I can’t do anything else.
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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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I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
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If it weren’t for the smell of death clinging to the walls, you might think it was your family’s turn to host the month neighborhood potluck supper.
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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 don’t put big concepts on my work, and it’s all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting them leave.
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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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You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.
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It just happens quicker and faster now.
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I appreciate good criticism and I think it’s really important.
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Snow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
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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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In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
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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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