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.
America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes - the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That's what America is about.
The young give us hope because young people are certain their best days still lie ahead - which explains why they're absolutely convinced they can change the world for the better.
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.
When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation
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