Youre only yourself when no ones watching!

- Suzan-Lori Parks

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

- Suzan-Lori Parks

I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a …

- Suzan-Lori Parks

The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you …

- Suzan-Lori Parks

Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue - that would make for …

- Suzan-Lori Parks

Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.

- Suzan-Lori Parks

People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most days it's very hard because I'm frightened - n…

- Suzan-Lori Parks

Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth.

- Suzan-Lori Parks

I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially Now, Voyager, Casablanca, Mildred Pierce; anything by Orson Welles, Truffa…

- Suzan-Lori Parks