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 just not disciplined, and I can't be in the groove most of the time. I feel like I'm in the groove ten days a year or something. But with reading and research, I feel like I have this incredibly instinctive pleasure-driven process that ends up working out for me and inspiring me. It's almost like a maze, like I know eventually I'll hit the heart of my play if I read enough books.
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…
- 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 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.
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…
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…
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.
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 was raised by a single psychologist mother and we spent every evening sitting at the kitchen table and dissecting our emotions and speculating abou… - Annie Baker
I was raised by a single psychologist mother and we spent every evening sitting at the kitchen table and dissecting our emotions and speculating abou…
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