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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.

Edward Albee

I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
EDWARD ALBEE

Finding Play Writing
It always seems to me better to slough off the answer to a question that I consider to be a terrible invasion of privacy – the kind of privacy that a writer must keep for himself.
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Answer Better Himself Invasion Privacy Question Terrible Writing
Well, when you write about people of a certain age we are in a postsexual situation. If I write about younger people then I write sexually, because their drive is sexual. It depends upon the circumstances.
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Age Character Circumstance Myself Play Sexual Situation Young
Being different is interesting; there’s nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme well, then, reality tends to fade away.
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Different Fade Greatness Interesting Natural Production Reality
The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.
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Animal Art Conscious Decorative Essential Ourselves Separate
Art has an obligation to offend.
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Art Obligation Offend One Liner
I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired.I’m tired of the truth and I’m tired of lying about the truth.
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Lying Myself Sick Tired Truth
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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Bad Definition Goodness Reality Writing
I have been both overpraised and under praised. I assume by the time I finish writing — and I plan to go on writing until I’m 90 or gaga it will all equal itself out.
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Equality Myself Praise Time Writing
It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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Promote Public Responsibility Theatre
Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
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Correct Distance Necessary Order Time Way
First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
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Choice Dog Kill Kindness Method Myself
I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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Attack Creation Feeling Myself
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don’t know, but every character is an extension of the author’s own personality.
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Author Character Extension Material People Personality Source Yourself
There are only two things to write about: life and death.
EDWARD ALBEE

Death Life Poet Writing

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