August Wilson

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and attitudes, the stance they adopt in the world, are all ideas and attitudes that are expressed in the blues.

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.

Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

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.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.