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" We were told that hard work and talent and character would get you somewhere. At school, we learned it was important to share. On Arbor Day, we all planted trees. "

Theresa Rebeck

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" I have admiration for people who can do it well - the guys who wrote 'Cheers' and 'Frasier.' They created sort of a blissful comedic universe. "

" The myth that theater isn't for everybody is total nonsense. In the 18th and 19th centuries, everybody in America used to go to the theater all the time. The shows they went to see were big, crazy melodramas that had careening storylines and houses burning down and pretty girls in danger and comedy and death and destruction. "

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

" I like working with television. I do. "

Theresa Rebeck

Working

Television

" It's so funny, I'm always stealing from Moliere, and nobody ever notices. I steal from him willy-nilly. "

" I'm actually interested in poor behavior. I'm interested in what drives people to poor behavior. "

" Watching people toss all caution to the wind, who are ready to put their lives on the line for a dream, is something that is accessible. "

" 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. "

" There's a thing that happens to Midwesterners - we spend a lot of time talking about having a different set of rules about manners. I don't know about ethics, but certainly about manners, what you would say and what you wouldn't say. And that is not very East coast. "

" 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. "

" Why is being a female having an agenda any more than being a misogynist - which David Mamet most certainly is? "

Theresa Rebeck

Why

Agenda

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

" That stupid postmodern emphasis on image over content has slammed us right into a dramaturgy that willfully leaves the audience behind and then resents the fact that they don't 'get it.' "

" You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth, and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you. "

" New York was the Promised Land growing up. Writers were gods! The great gods of American culture... I thought. "

" Denver's commitment to giving contemporary storytellers the stage is crucial to the American theater. That's something embraced by 'Smash.' We should be telling our own stories. "

" Is the American theatre allowing itself to become irrelevant? The problem isn't that playwrights aren't being paid enough. It's that theatres all over America are looking towards New York to tell them what new plays to do. "

" I write a lot because, if I don't, I start to panic, and I calm down when I write. "

" Nothing sounds as crazy as telling people you're not crazy. "

" It's sort of a mystery where ideas come from. "

" Some of my family goes back a long way in Denver. "

" In television, what you are doing is trying to fit your voice into a particular mold. "

" Why on earth is the 'New Yorker' publishing puff pieces about pretty girls who go to parties? Does the 'New Yorker' ever run photos of cute boys just because they're cute and they come from money and they go to lots of parties? "

" I have tremendous affection for New York and my life, but I'm a satirist at heart. And it's easy to satirize New York. "

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