I feel like my life is at its happiest when I don't have a looming deadline. There's some really groovy wonderful times, when I'm like, "I have a new piece, I'm excited about it, I'm reading all these books about it, but there's not a lot of time pressure, and I'm financially stable enough right now that I don't have to be trying to get another job." But that's so rare.
I feel like the reason I ended up becoming a playwright is because I never choose the right word. As a kid, my fantasy profession was to be a novelis… - Annie Baker
I feel like the reason I ended up becoming a playwright is because I never choose the right word. As a kid, my fantasy profession was to be a novelis…
- Annie Baker
I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously. - Annie Baker
I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously.
Being sad and going out on terrible dates and having horrible breakups and then having a shitty job and then quitting the shitty job and then wonderi… - Annie Baker
Being sad and going out on terrible dates and having horrible breakups and then having a shitty job and then quitting the shitty job and then wonderi…
I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on a daily basis. So I don't write every day. I'm j… - Annie Baker
I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on a daily basis. So I don't write every day. I'm j…
If anything, I was the opposite of most college students who think they can do anything. - Annie Baker
If anything, I was the opposite of most college students who think they can do anything.
For me, on every project, I realize that I've boxed myself into a corner, or that the play necessitates some sort of theatrical convention that I rea… - Annie Baker
For me, on every project, I realize that I've boxed myself into a corner, or that the play necessitates some sort of theatrical convention that I rea…
I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore. - Annie Baker
I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.
I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project beyond that project is ludicrous. - Annie Baker
I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project beyond that project is ludicrous.
Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow. - Annie Baker
Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow.
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