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Tony Kushner quotes: ANGEL: I I I IAm the Bird of America, the Bald Eagle,Continental Principality,LUMEN PHOSPHOR FLUOR CANDLE!

ANGEL: I I I I
Am the Bird of America, the Bald Eagle,
Continental Principality,
LUMEN PHOSPHOR FLUOR CANDLE!

Tony Kushner quotes: Sorry wrong room. (Prior exits, goes to Belize.) PRIOR (Despairing): He's the Marlboro Man. BELIZE: Oooh, I wanna see.

Sorry wrong room. (Prior exits, goes to Belize.) PRIOR (Despairing): He's the Marlboro Man. BELIZE: Oooh, I wanna see.

Tony Kushner quotes: It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do.

It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do.

Tony Kushner quotes: One has to have a complicated kind of optimism. You can't refuse to look at how horrible things are.

One has to have a complicated kind of optimism. You can't refuse to look at how horrible things are.

Tony Kushner quotes: I've always wondered ... what if it really was Him, and He decided I wasn't worth it?

I've always wondered ... what if it really was Him, and He decided I wasn't worth it?

Tony Kushner quotes: It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

I wish you would be more true to your demographic profile. Life is confusing enough.

Tony Kushner quotes: I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

Tony Kushner quotes: The fountain of Bethesda will flow again. And I told him I would personally take him there to bathe. We will all bathe ourselves clean.

The fountain of Bethesda will flow again. And I told him I would personally take him there to bathe. We will all bathe ourselves clean.

Tony Kushner quotes: God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

Tony Kushner quotes: K.S., baby. Lesion number one. Lookit. The wine-dark kiss of the angel of death.

K.S., baby. Lesion number one. Lookit. The wine-dark kiss of the angel of death.

Tony Kushner quotes: In some ways [the Internet]'s definitely an enemy.

In some ways [the Internet]'s definitely an enemy.

Tony Kushner quotes: In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.

In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.

Tony Kushner quotes: As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

Tony Kushner quotes: I work best after the deadline has passed, when I'm in a panic.

I work best after the deadline has passed, when I'm in a panic.

Tony Kushner quotes: I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die

I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die

Tony Kushner quotes: I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort.

I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort.

Tony Kushner quotes: Roy: The immutable heart of what we are that bleeds through whatever we might become. All else is vanity.

Roy: The immutable heart of what we are that bleeds through whatever we might become. All else is vanity.

Tony Kushner quotes: You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.

You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.

Tony Kushner quotes: Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.

Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.

Tony Kushner quotes: Purple? Boy, what kind of a homosexual are you, anyway? That's not purple, Mary, that color up there is mauve.

Purple? Boy, what kind of a homosexual are you, anyway? That's not purple, Mary, that color up there is mauve.

Tony Kushner quotes: Real love isn't ever ambivalent,

Real love isn't ever ambivalent,

Tony Kushner quotes: I never imagined losing my mind was going to be such hard work.

I never imagined losing my mind was going to be such hard work.

Tony Kushner quotes: Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.

Tony Kushner quotes: MATAMORE: I never fight with my love face on, I worry that it might get scratched.

MATAMORE: I never fight with my love face on,
I worry that it might get scratched.

Tony Kushner quotes: Opium is the perfect drug for people who want to remain articulate while being completely trivial.

Opium is the perfect drug for people who want to remain articulate while being completely trivial.

Tony Kushner quotes: I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Tony Kushner quotes: You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

Tony Kushner quotes: I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.

I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.

Tony Kushner quotes: YOU HAVE TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS.

Tony Kushner quotes: I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world.

I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world.

Tony Kushner quotes: Children of the new morning, criminal minds. Selfish and greedy and loveless and blind.

Children of the new morning, criminal minds. Selfish and greedy and loveless and blind.

Tony Kushner quotes: The fear of a work becoming dated is one of the most effective tools for keeping people from writing political work.

The fear of a work becoming dated is one of the most effective tools for keeping people from writing political work.

Tony Kushner quotes: Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?

Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?

Tony Kushner quotes: Nothing's lost forever.

Nothing's lost forever.

Tony Kushner quotes: My whole life has conspired to bring me to this place, and I can't despise my whole life.

My whole life has conspired to bring me to this place, and I can't despise my whole life.

Tony Kushner quotes: You learn that existence is legible but that you have to have a critical mind if you're going to read it.

You learn that existence is legible but that you have to have a critical mind if you're going to read it.

Tony Kushner quotes: It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.

It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.

Tony Kushner quotes: I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

Tony Kushner quotes: The body is the garden of the soul.

The body is the garden of the soul.

Tony Kushner quotes: The computer, the noise of the computer feels like impatience. It's sort of the sound of impatience to me.

The computer, the noise of the computer feels like impatience. It's sort of the sound of impatience to me.

Tony Kushner quotes: There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

Tony Kushner quotes: A play is never finished. You'll find out how much I mean that when you read my Last Will and Testament.

A play is never finished. You'll find out how much I mean that when you read my Last Will and Testament.

Tony Kushner quotes: Harper: You, the one part ofthe real world I wasn't allergic to.

Harper: You, the one part of
the real world I wasn't allergic to.

Tony Kushner quotes: I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.

I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.

Tony Kushner quotes: Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.

Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.

Tony Kushner quotes: The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

Tony Kushner quotes: JOE: You said my wife. And I want to know, is she - PRIOR: TALK TO HER YOURSELF, BULLWINKLE! WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR?

JOE: You said my wife. And I want to know, is she -
PRIOR: TALK TO HER YOURSELF, BULLWINKLE! WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR?

Tony Kushner quotes: A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.

A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.

Tony Kushner quotes: People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it.

People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it.

Tony Kushner quotes: The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.

The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.

Tony Kushner quotes: Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

Tony Kushner quotes: There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.

There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.

Tony Kushner quotes: Seven characters are too many for a ten-minute play. It'll be twenty minutes long! Fuck it. One of them is dead and the others can all talk fast.

Seven characters are too many for a ten-minute play. It'll be twenty minutes long! Fuck it. One of them is dead and the others can all talk fast.

Tony Kushner quotes: Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.

Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.

Tony Kushner quotes: Torture yourself about your failures. And then get back to work.

Torture yourself about your failures. And then get back to work.

Tony Kushner quotes: You're a battered heart, bleeding life in the universe of wounds.

You're a battered heart, bleeding life in the universe of wounds.

Tony Kushner quotes: If you [c]annot find your [h]eart's desire in your own backyard, you never lost it to begin with

If you [c]annot find your [h]eart's desire in your own backyard, you never lost it to begin with

Tony Kushner quotes: HARPER: I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die. But there's still the rest of you.

HARPER: I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die. But there's still the rest of you.

Tony Kushner quotes: PRIOR (An awestruck whisper): God almighty.Very Steven Spielberg.

PRIOR (An awestruck whisper): God almighty.
Very Steven Spielberg.