Tony Kushner Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)
Tony Kushner quotes and sayings page 5 (68 year old playwright). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 63 we have for him.
“The way that same-sex marriage should reach the federal level is that it absolutely should be decided by the Supreme Court as quickly as possible. It's a 14th Amendment issue. There's no argument about it.”
“When I'm writing a new play, there's a period where I know I shouldn't be out in public much. I imagine most people who create go through something like this. You willfully loosen some of the inner straps that hold your core together.”
“When really writing I'm not a good friend. Because writing disorganizes the social self, you become atomized. It scrambles you, sometimes to the point that I'm incapable of speech. I feel that if I start speaking, I'll lose the writing, like getting off the treadmill.”
“Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.”
“People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it.”
“You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.”
“I grew up in a small Southern town, and there were white people and black people. Coming to New York to go to Columbia, every time I went into the subway I was absolutely astounded because you see people from all over the world who actually live here - who aren't just here as tourists.”
“The kind of theater that I do is sort of 'narrative realism,' which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean, in a certain sense, Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.”
“Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.”
“God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.”
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