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Marsha Norman Quotes

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you Picture Quote #1

Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me Picture Quote #1

In the theater, when people hear that you’re writing a play, they want to know what it’s all about, whether there’s a role for them. You write it fairly quickly, and it becomes a group activity before you’re really ready to have company Picture Quote #1

After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, ‘OK, that’s enough for you. Now go away.’ What I wanted was to keep writing, keep working. But no one would produce anything of mine they didn’t think would be as big as ‘’night, Mother.’ Picture Quote #1

My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It’s just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, ‘The Color Purple’ is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it’s got hard stuff in it, but so does ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera.’ Picture Quote #1

If someone wants to say ‘I love you’ in a straight play, they say it, and then it’s the other person’s turn to talk. But in a song, you can sing about it for another three minutes. The musical form has that unique opportunity to express at length what joy really feels like Picture Quote #1

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I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals Picture Quote #1

Success is always something that you have to recover from Picture Quote #1

I’m who I was waiting for. I didn’t make it Picture Quote #1

I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career Picture Quote #1

Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you Picture Quote #1

On the whole the American theater, dominated by men, does not perceive women fighting for their lives as a central issue Picture Quote #1

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If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright Picture Quote #1

In the theater, when people hear that you’re writing a play, they want to know what it’s all about, whether there’s a role for them. You write it fairly quickly, and it becomes a group activity before you’re really ready to have company Picture Quote #1

At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself Picture Quote #1

People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts Picture Quote #1

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write Picture Quote #1

When you fight something long enough, it becomes a center pole right in your life and you count on it to be there to fight with Picture Quote #1

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What’s so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you’re going to get your embarrassing old body back? Picture Quote #1

Art is how a culture records its life, how it poses questions for the next generation and how it will be remembered Picture Quote #1

No. You can’t. And I can’t do anything either, about my life, to change it, make it better, make me feel better about it. Like it better, make it work. But I can stop it. Shut it down, turn it off like the radio when there’s nothing on I want to listen to. It’s all I really have that belongs to me and I’m going to say what happens to it. And it’s going to stop. And I’m going to stop it. So. Let’s just have a good time Picture Quote #1

I’m just not having a very good time and I don’t have any reason to think it’ll get anything but worse. I’m tired. I’m hurt. I’m sad. I feel used Picture Quote #1

The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart Picture Quote #1

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has to clean it up, and that only if it is cleaned up can we hope to start over, and get better Picture Quote #1

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There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn’t have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it Picture Quote #1

Family is just accident... They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are Picture Quote #1

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it Picture Quote #1

Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself Picture Quote #1

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Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you (Marsha Norman Quotes) Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me (Marsha Norman Quotes) In the theater, when people hear that you’re writing a play, they want to know what it’s all about, whether there’s a role for them. You write it fairly quickly, and it becomes a group activity before you’re really ready to have company. (Marsha Norman Quotes) After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, ‘OK, that’s enough for you. Now go away.’ What I wanted was to keep writing, keep working. But no one would produce anything of mine they didn’t think would be as big as ‘’night, Mother.’ (Marsha Norman Quotes) My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It’s just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, ‘The Color Purple’ is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it’s got hard stuff in it, but so does ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera.’ (Marsha Norman Quotes) If someone wants to say ‘I love you’ in a straight play, they say it, and then it’s the other person’s turn to talk. But in a song, you can sing about it for another three minutes. The musical form has that unique opportunity to express at length what joy really feels like (Marsha Norman Quotes) I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals (Marsha Norman Quotes) Success is always something that you have to recover from (Marsha Norman Quotes) I’m who I was waiting for. I didn’t make it (Marsha Norman Quotes) I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career (Marsha Norman Quotes) Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you (Marsha Norman Quotes) On the whole the American theater, dominated by men, does not perceive women fighting for their lives as a central issue (Marsha Norman Quotes) If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright (Marsha Norman Quotes) In the theater, when people hear that you’re writing a play, they want to know what it’s all about, whether there’s a role for them. You write it fairly quickly, and it becomes a group activity before you’re really ready to have company (Marsha Norman Quotes) At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself (Marsha Norman Quotes) People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts (Marsha Norman Quotes) Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write (Marsha Norman Quotes) When you fight something long enough, it becomes a center pole right in your life and you count on it to be there to fight with (Marsha Norman Quotes) What’s so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you’re going to get your embarrassing old body back? (Marsha Norman Quotes) Art is how a culture records its life, how it poses questions for the next generation and how it will be remembered (Marsha Norman Quotes) No. You can’t. And I can’t do anything either, about my life, to change it, make it better, make me feel better about it. Like it better, make it work. But I can stop it. Shut it down, turn it off like the radio when there’s nothing on I want to listen to. It’s all I really have that belongs to me and I’m going to say what happens to it. And it’s going to stop. And I’m going to stop it. So. Let’s just have a good time (Marsha Norman Quotes) I’m just not having a very good time and I don’t have any reason to think it’ll get anything but worse. I’m tired. I’m hurt. I’m sad. I feel used (Marsha Norman Quotes) The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart (Marsha Norman Quotes) We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has to clean it up, and that only if it is cleaned up can we hope to start over, and get better (Marsha Norman Quotes) There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn’t have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it (Marsha Norman Quotes) Family is just accident... They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are (Marsha Norman Quotes) People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it (Marsha Norman Quotes) Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself (Marsha Norman Quotes)