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" I do see myself as an old-fashioned storyteller. But there's always a touch of the political in my plays. "

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" My hobby is raising my children. "

" The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America. "

" The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long. "

" It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to not only get seen, but to get it to Broadway. "

" For me, playwriting is sharing my experiences, telling my stories. "

" American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders. "

" Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics. "

" Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power. "

" Broadway is a closed ecosystem. "

" We need to diversify the people who are backstage and producing and marketing these shows. It's the limitations of these people that are holding Broadway back. "

" I'm always hyperaware of the way in which working people are portrayed on the stage. "

" I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release. "

" I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has ever had in that particular space, and yet we couldn't find a home on Broadway. "

" I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative. "

" It is such a joy to join a legacy of amazing female playwrights who have managed to break through the glass ceiling and reinvigorate the Broadway stage by bringing a fresh and necessary perspective. "

" I think of myself as a healing artist. "

" I wonder: Would there be a black president if people hadn't already begun imagining, through film and television, that a black man is president? It's self-actualization. "

" Growing up in New York City, I'd flirted with the idea of driving, but between the subway and the sidewalks, I'd never needed to learn. "

" By the sheer act of writing, we are trying to place value on the stories that we're invested in. "

" My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based on nothing more than generating income for themselves and their theaters. "

" I'm interested in people who are dwelling outside the mainstream. And very often, those people happen to be woman of color. "

" If the Tony Awards want to remain relevant in the American theater conversation, then they need to embrace the true diversity of voices that populate the American theater. "

" The presence of a bed changes the way people interact. "

" My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of friends. "

" I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past. "

" What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it. "

" My parents are avid consumers of art, collectors of African American paintings, and have always gone to the theater. My mother has always been an activist, too. As long as I can remember, we were marching in lines. "

" Replace judgment with curiosity. "