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 don’t know where the characters are going to go or what’s going to happen.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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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.
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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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More often than not, an entropy creeps in that strangles me, and then the inevitable happens.
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I don’t like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.
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I’ve never really felt good at the parties, but I have enough friends now that I feel social, I used to feel very antisocial, but I think the theater helps.
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In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
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I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I’ve lived here for sixteen years.
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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 don’t mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart
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I appreciate good criticism and I think it’s really important.
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Whenever I’ve been in rehearsals, it’s really fun, there’s always laughing.
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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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Mary’s house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace.
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When I’m directing, I’m pretty much not writing, but when I’m not directing I am writing a lot.
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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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