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" I wouldn't say I see my work as having a political ideology. Lynn Nottage certainly has a political ideology. I think that the work is an extension of who I am, but I don't think that when I write the play I'm looking to push the audience one way or another. "

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" I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way into the mainstream media. "

" I think that human beings were incredibly resilient; otherwise, we wouldn't keep going. "

" Winning the second Pulitzer firmly places me in conversation with this culture. "

" There's never any ebb in human misery. "

" All of my plays are about people who have been marginalized... erased from the public record. "

" Saying, 'I'm going to create jobs' is great, but before you create jobs, something has to be offered to alleviate some of the suffering now. "

" Once working people discover that, collectively, we have more power than we do as individual silos, then we become an incredibly powerful force. But I think that there are powers that be that are invested in us remaining divided along racial lines, along economic lines. "

" Replace judgment with curiosity. "

" It's very easy, when we're reading those articles on the 20th page of 'The New York Times,' to distance ourselves and say, 'It's someone else.' "

" I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them. "

" Even in Congo, where conflicts are happening, people have births, weddings, deaths, and celebrations. "

" Each play I write has its own unique origin story. "

" I think of myself as a healing artist. "

" Who wants to see the same play again? I certainly don't want to write the same play again and again. "

" We live in a global society, and I don't think we can talk about, quote unquote, 'American themes' anymore. "

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

" People probably have different philosophies about this, but I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the initial actors that develop it end up imprinting on it - you hear their voices; you hear their rhythms. You can't help but to begin to write toward them during the rehearsal process. "

" 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. "

" It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way. "

" I need a release from whatever I'm writing. "

" We use metaphors to express our own truths. "

" 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. "

" Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie, Scott Joplin, klezmer music, and the American jazz performer and composer Reginald Robinson. "

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

" By and large, the theatre establishment is run by a white majority. "

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

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

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" Here's the dilemma of the modern age: There used to be actions that workers could take, in the form of a strike. But now, that's being pre-empted by lockouts. They don't even have that leverage to protect their jobs. "

" It's incumbent on us to reach beyond the confines of the institutions that traditionally produce art and find new ways to get it to the people. "