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" I see how the Midwest distrusts the East Coast. The Midwest sees itself as morally superior. The Coast sees itself as intellectually superior. And the two are actually the same thing. "

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" Part of the problem with producing contemporary political theater in America today is that many theaters don't have flexibility or resources, be it hiring a lot of actors or staging a work that might be tough for some audience and board members. "

Theresa Rebeck

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" Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig. "

" Moliere and Arthur Miller affected me at a very young age. In adulthood, I became overwhelmed by Chekhov. Those are my big theatrical influences. "

" I sincerely believe that for the New York theatre to remain relevant, all our major producing institutions should be presenting new American plays. "

" Rarely do I try to pull a creature out of life and make it a character. "

" Theater is a public space. It is a spectacular space. It is a gathering place. "

" I am curious about a lot of things. I'm perplexed and engaged. "

" Everyone pays lip service to this whole idea of doing more new plays, and nobody ever does it. "

" The audience just doesn't care. They are just as interested in women-centric stories as they are in stories about men. "

" I actually think we should be trying to be rigorous in our thinking about television and the way it enters our lives and shapes the way so many people think. "

" One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre. "

" It's one of the central problems of American culture: telling you if you're younger, more beautiful, more famous, whatever, that then you'll be happy. "

" Why is it so hard for men to identify with women as fellow travelers on this good Earth? "

" I think we have a cultural difficulty with looking at our problems. "

" We have this powerful ideological basis to the country that I don't think any other country in the world quite can brag about. It's a very complicated nation, and it's very fertile. "

" I seem to be constantly confronted by theater professionals who are more or less annoyed by the prospect of structure. "

Theresa Rebeck

Structure

Seem

" My son is a musician who next year will be attending the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City, which his mother helped him get into by making him practice all the time. "

" I think, with most writers, their neurosis is finishing things. I have a different neurosis. I'm terribly anxious when it's not finished. Then I become really difficult to live with. "

" The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America. "

" Heath Ledger's recent death, like that of River Phoenix, was handled with great care by the press. Anna Nicole Smith's not so much. "

Theresa Rebeck

Phoenix

River

" In the theater, there's an emphasis on the singular voice. You know, it's your play. And in television, there's so much institutional involvement. So you end up having to negotiate with a lot of people, and that provides a kind of wear and tear on the spirit. "

" Some people think big audiences are crass and that, say, a comedy that appeals to a wide audience is pandering. Other people would argue that you could say that about Moliere. "

" When people tell me I'm a prolific writer, it's a nice thing to say. But I think to myself, 'Yeah, but I don't do anything else.' "

Theresa Rebeck

Myself

Think

" I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else, and it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely. "

" I'm an impatient person. "

Theresa Rebeck

Impatient

Person

" When I was a staff writer on 'NYPD Blue,' it was truly my job to hear David Milch's voice for that show and to deliver episodes that embodied that voice. "

" So in case there was any doubt, I am here to report that having a play on Broadway does not suck. "

" Obviously, a theatrical masterpiece needs more than a plot; many television shows are nothing but plot, and it is doubtful that they will stand the test of time. But I also don't think that making fun of plot or acting like we're all somehow 'above' structure is such a good idea. "

" I do believe that there are monsters out there - and that they are monsters. "

" I have spent my whole life working in the theater, and most of the people I know have done the same. And we are pretty interesting people. "