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Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

Edward Albee

Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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Author Black Creativity Discussion Magic Process
When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don’t put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.
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Conscious Development Myself Play Writing
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.
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Lose Mindset Oneself Play Respond Understand
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, who’s afraid of living life without false illusions.
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Afraid Fake Illusion Life Live
Art should never try to be popular.
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Art One Liner Popular
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
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Democracy Deserve Oneself Politics Time
There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Death Life Poet Writing
Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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Philosophy Question
Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
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Carry Difference Illusion Truth Yourself
When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Blame End People Play Way
Anything you put in a play – any speech – has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along.
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Action Definition Oneself Play
There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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Actor Population
I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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Attack Creation Feeling Myself
All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time.
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Art Commerce Destroy Disturbance Escape People Serious Wasted Time
Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!
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Adoption Fascinate Mom Myself People Play
There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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Chaos Civilization

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