Lynn Nottage
Quotes by Lynn Nottage
-
Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power.
Read quote
-
I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release.
Read quote
-
I feel like 'Sweat' arrived on Broadway at the moment that it needed to. I feel like a commercial audience was not prepared for 'Ruined' or 'Intimate Apparel' for many different reasons.
Read quote
-
I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative.
Read quote
-
There was no way I was going to write about Africa and not include the triumphant continuity of life that had also been part of my experience there. It's not just war and famine all the time.
Read quote
-
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.
Read quote
-
By the time I reached 50, I'd accumulated many unresolved fears and desires.
Read quote
-
I don't think any of us could predict Trump. Trump is the stuff of nightmares. But in talking to people, I knew there was a tremendous level of disaffection and anger and sorrow. I know people felt misrepresented and voiceless.
Read quote
-
Even in Congo, where conflicts are happening, people have births, weddings, deaths, and celebrations.
Read quote