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" 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. "

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" I am a Tony voter; it is an honor that I take seriously. Each season, I enter the process with a degree of enthusiasm and optimism, which dissipates as I slowly plow through show after show. "

Lynn Nottage

Season

Honor

I Am

" I think of myself as a healing artist. "

" I think sometimes you need distance to reflect. "

" My hobby is raising my children. "

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

Lynn Nottage

Find

Hunt

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

" I like to go into a space, listen, absorb, and then interpret. "

Lynn Nottage

Then

Listen

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

Lynn Nottage

Power

Standing

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

" I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire. "

" 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. "

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

" I see procrastination and research as part of my artistic process. "

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

" The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was Tennessee Williams. The person who really taught me the power of the craft was August Wilson, and the person who taught me the political heft of the craft was Arthur Miller. "

" Ultimately, we're incredibly resilient creatures. People really do get on with the business of living. "

" Like Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, I try to balance reality with how we'd like the world to be. "

" I'm a contemporary playwright in a postmodern world. "

" 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. "

" I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country. "

" 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. "

" African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently. "

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

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

" My grandfather was a Pullman porter, and my father put his way through college by cleaning floors at night in the libraries. I understand that working people are in some way the bedrock of my existence and the existence of many people here. "

" I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination. "

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

" 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. "

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