David Lindsay-Abaire quotes
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“I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.”
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“I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it.”
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“Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.”
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“We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.”
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“I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.”
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“From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that.”
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“I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.”
-- David Lindsay-AbaireSource : "From Pulitzers to Tonys, David Lindsay-Abaire Turns Blue Collar Roots Into Art". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2011.
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“The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.”
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“I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.”
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“With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.”
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“I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.”
-- David Lindsay-AbaireSource : "Kim Clijsters: 'Me and Dad had this thing about the number one'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2012.
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“My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity.”
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“So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...”
-- David Lindsay-AbaireSource : David Lindsay-Abaire (2011). “Rabbit Hole (movie tie-in)”, p.143, Theatre Communications Group
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