I'm not going to throw my imagination away. I refuse to lie down to expectation. If I can just hold out till I'm thirty, I'll be incredible.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of creativity and perseverance against societal expectations.
Wendy Wasserstein's quote reflects a determination to maintain one's imagination and creativity in the face of societal pressures and expectations. It highlights the struggle between individual aspirations and the norms imposed by others, suggesting that holding onto one's unique vision can lead to incredible outcomes over time, particularly by the age of thirty, which symbolizes a pivotal point in life and career development.
In practice
During a motivational speech about following your dreams, this quote can inspire audiences to stay true to their creative visions.
The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.
No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.
No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar
May blessings and happiness attend every step of your progress in this world.
The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
I marvel at how good I was before I met him, how I lived molded to the smallest space possible, my days the size of little beads that passed without passion through my fingers. So few people know what they're capable of. At forty-two I'd never done anything that took my own breath away, and I suppose now that was part of the problem - my chronic inability to astonish myself.
My legacy is that I stayed on course... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.
Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.
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