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.
ADAM RAPPI won’t eat right. I forget to do my laundry. I have a dog now, and I have to remember to walk him.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it.
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I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
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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’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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I appreciate good criticism and I think it’s really important.
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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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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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I think, for me, when I direct my own work it’s just an extension of the authorship.
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I’ve lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.
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I don’t like it when it’s consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your $60. Great criticism is a kind of literature.
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A typical day for me is I’m writing when I’m not directing.
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I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I’m sensitive to it.
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I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused.
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What I’ve learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.
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The scent goes right to your stomach.
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