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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Lynn Nottage

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" 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. "

" The great thing about 'Vera Stark' is that my research was watching movies, screwball comedies, so I could literally sit back and relax. "

" I know what I'm trying to say, so I'm always open to learning how to say it. "

" By the time I reached 50, I'd accumulated many unresolved fears and desires. "

" The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I think sometimes you need distance to reflect. "

" I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive. "

" I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open, honest way on the stage. "

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

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

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

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

Lynn Nottage

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" 'Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished because I really wanted to explore the subject matter unencumbered. Otherwise, I felt as though I'd have the voice of dramaturges and literary managers saying, 'This is great, but we'll never be able to produce it.' "

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

" 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 of myself as a healing artist. "

" I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway. I said, 'Well, how do we know? How do we know if we don't do it?' I said, 'I think you're wrong.' "

" 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. "

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

" In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity. "

" I knew that there was a great deal of depth and life that was sitting just beyond my mother's gaze. "

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