Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus, and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy, and more than anything else in the world, you wanna get off. And the only reason in the world you don’t get off is it’s still fifty blocks from where you’re going. Well, I can get off right now if I want to. Because even if I ride fifty more years and get off then, it’s still the same place when I step down to it. Whenever I feel like it, I can get off. Whenever I’ve had enough, it’s my stop. I’ve had enough.
Success is always something that you have to recover from. - Marsha Norman
Success is always something that you have to recover from.
- Marsha Norman
Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself. - Marsha Norman
Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.
on the whole the American theater, dominated by men, does not perceive women fighting for their lives as a central issue. - Marsha Norman
on the whole the American theater, dominated by men, does not perceive women fighting for their lives as a central issue.
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit, catching tiny glimpses of … - Marsha Norman
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit, catching tiny glimpses of …
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is rea… - Marsha Norman
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is rea…
We have to hear the stories of women at all ages of their lives in order to really present a picture of what it felt like to be alive in our time. Th… - Marsha Norman
We have to hear the stories of women at all ages of their lives in order to really present a picture of what it felt like to be alive in our time. Th…
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write. - Marsha Norman
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel. ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together, like… - Marsha Norman
During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel. ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together, like…
Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. - Marsha Norman
Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.
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