August Wilson Quotes
Top 58 wise famous quotes and sayings by August Wilson
August Wilson Famous Quotes & Sayings
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![August Wilson quotes: I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean. August Wilson quotes: I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1281285.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: When your daddy walked through the house he was so big he filled it up. That was my first mistake. Not to make him leave room for me. August Wilson quotes: When your daddy walked through the house he was so big he filled it up. That was my first mistake. Not to make him leave room for me.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1137168.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: When the sins of our fathers visit usWe do not have to play host.We can banish them with forgivenessAs God, in his His Largeness and Laws. August Wilson quotes: When the sins of our fathers visit usWe do not have to play host.We can banish them with forgivenessAs God, in his His Largeness and Laws.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-250368.jpg)
We do not have to play host.
We can banish them with forgiveness
As God, in his His Largeness and Laws.
![August Wilson quotes: I give you sugar for sugar And salt for saltIf you can't get along with me It's your own damn fault. August Wilson quotes: I give you sugar for sugar And salt for saltIf you can't get along with me It's your own damn fault.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1629872.jpg)
And salt for salt
If you can't get along with me
It's your own damn fault.
![August Wilson quotes: You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger. August Wilson quotes: You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-284173.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience. August Wilson quotes: Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1886177.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there. August Wilson quotes: I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1770225.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: Eli: Freedom is what you make it. Solly: That's what I'm saying. You got to fight to make it mean something. August Wilson quotes: Eli: Freedom is what you make it. Solly: That's what I'm saying. You got to fight to make it mean something.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-355691.jpg)
Solly: That's what I'm saying. You got to fight to make it mean something.
![August Wilson quotes: I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write. August Wilson quotes: I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1130028.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other. August Wilson quotes: All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1793288.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger. August Wilson quotes: I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1874050.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch it. I saw half of 'Oprah' one time. I'd rather read. August Wilson quotes: I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch it. I saw half of 'Oprah' one time. I'd rather read.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-2049791.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: I dropped out of school when I was 15 years old. I dropped out because I guess I wasn't getting anything out of my investment in the school. August Wilson quotes: I dropped out of school when I was 15 years old. I dropped out because I guess I wasn't getting anything out of my investment in the school.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-729204.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up. August Wilson quotes: Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-554793.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden. August Wilson quotes: My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-821293.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else. August Wilson quotes: For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-854366.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America. August Wilson quotes: There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1422003.jpg)
![August Wilson quotes: From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered without compromise or sentimentality. August Wilson quotes: From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered without compromise or sentimentality.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/august-wilson-quotes-1253762.jpg)