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August Wilson Quotes

You got to be right with yourself before you can be right with anybody else Picture Quote #1

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is Picture Quote #1

Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel Picture Quote #1

Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner Picture Quote #1

The director works as an interpretive artist, but he’s still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create and to put his vision of the play or his translation or interpretation of the material on the stage Picture Quote #1

The harder you try to hold onto them, the easier it is for some gal to pull them away Picture Quote #1

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When I first started writing plays I couldn’t write good dialogue because I didn’t respect how black people talked. I thought that in order to make art out of their dialogue I had to change it, make it into something different. Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I let them start talking Picture Quote #1

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other Picture Quote #1

As soon as white folks say a play’s good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites Picture Quote #1

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It’s hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone Picture Quote #1

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else Picture Quote #1

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet Picture Quote #1

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I know some things when I start. I know, let’s say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it’s going to be about a piano, but that’s it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along Picture Quote #1

Style ain’t nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it Picture Quote #1

I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger Picture Quote #1

I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean Picture Quote #1

I ain’t never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain’t nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself Picture Quote #1

I don’t write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write Picture Quote #1

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It ain’t nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself Picture Quote #1

You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not government’s responsibility. It is not your school’s or your social club’s or your church’s or your neighbor’s or your fellow citizen’s. It is yours, utterly and singularly yours Picture Quote #1

You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger Picture Quote #1

So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need 12 minutes of that for the plot. But if you pull the rest of it out, it’s not my play Picture Quote #1

What do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use? Picture Quote #1

The details of our struggle to survive and prosper, in what has been a difficult and sometimes bitter relationship with a system of laws and practices that deny us access to the tools necessary for productive and industrious life, are available to any serious student of history or sociology Picture Quote #1

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I don’t go by what the law say. The law’s liable to say anything. I go by if it’s right or not. It don’t matter what the law say. I take and look at it for myself Picture Quote #1

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It’s the attitude that’s in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history Picture Quote #1

You line up at the door with your hands out. I give you the lint from my pockets. I give you my sweat and my blood. I ain’t got no tears. I done spent them Picture Quote #1

When you look at a fellow, if you taught yourself to look for it, you can see his song written on him. Tell you what kind of man he is in the world Picture Quote #1

I might be a different kind of fool, but I ain’t gonna be the same fool twice Picture Quote #1

She’s just using him to keep from being by herself. That’s the worst use of a man you can have Picture Quote #1

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You got to be right with yourself before you can be right with anybody else (August Wilson Quotes) The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is (August Wilson Quotes) Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel (August Wilson Quotes) Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner (August Wilson Quotes) The director works as an interpretive artist, but he’s still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create and to put his vision of the play or his translation or interpretation of the material on the stage (August Wilson Quotes) The harder you try to hold onto them, the easier it is for some gal to pull them away (August Wilson Quotes) When I first started writing plays I couldn’t write good dialogue because I didn’t respect how black people talked. I thought that in order to make art out of their dialogue I had to change it, make it into something different. Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I let them start talking (August Wilson Quotes) All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other (August Wilson Quotes) As soon as white folks say a play’s good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites (August Wilson Quotes) Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It’s hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone (August Wilson Quotes) For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else (August Wilson Quotes) I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet (August Wilson Quotes) I know some things when I start. I know, let’s say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it’s going to be about a piano, but that’s it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along (August Wilson Quotes) Style ain’t nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it (August Wilson Quotes) I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger (August Wilson Quotes) I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean (August Wilson Quotes) I ain’t never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain’t nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself (August Wilson Quotes) I don’t write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write (August Wilson Quotes) It ain’t nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself (August Wilson Quotes) You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not government’s responsibility. It is not your school’s or your social club’s or your church’s or your neighbor’s or your fellow citizen’s. It is yours, utterly and singularly yours (August Wilson Quotes) You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger (August Wilson Quotes) So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need 12 minutes of that for the plot. But if you pull the rest of it out, it’s not my play (August Wilson Quotes) What do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use? (August Wilson Quotes) The details of our struggle to survive and prosper, in what has been a difficult and sometimes bitter relationship with a system of laws and practices that deny us access to the tools necessary for productive and industrious life, are available to any serious student of history or sociology (August Wilson Quotes) I don’t go by what the law say. The law’s liable to say anything. I go by if it’s right or not. It don’t matter what the law say. I take and look at it for myself (August Wilson Quotes) Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It’s the attitude that’s in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history (August Wilson Quotes) You line up at the door with your hands out. I give you the lint from my pockets. I give you my sweat and my blood. I ain’t got no tears. I done spent them (August Wilson Quotes) When you look at a fellow, if you taught yourself to look for it, you can see his song written on him. Tell you what kind of man he is in the world (August Wilson Quotes) I might be a different kind of fool, but I ain’t gonna be the same fool twice (August Wilson Quotes) She’s just using him to keep from being by herself. That’s the worst use of a man you can have (August Wilson Quotes)

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