I find it's very confusing when one critic tells you one thing and one tells you something completely different. Unless all the critics agree on parts of the play that just didn't work. I have stopped reading reviews, because I find writing is all about courage. You must have courage when you start writing a play and you cannot have the voice - you must write things out. You cannot have the voice of a critic telling you, "That didn't work in that play, you cannot make it work in another play." Every time you do a production, it's an experimentation.
I find it's very confusing when one critic tells you one thing and one tells you something completely different. Unless all the critics agree on part… - Nilo Cruz
I find it's very confusing when one critic tells you one thing and one tells you something completely different. Unless all the critics agree on part…
- Nilo Cruz
I'm very much inspired by the Latin music, especially the romantic boleros. Not that when I sit to write a play I listen to boleros. But I think it's… - Nilo Cruz
I'm very much inspired by the Latin music, especially the romantic boleros. Not that when I sit to write a play I listen to boleros. But I think it's…
I've been a little disappointed in directors in America. I'm really after a theater that doesn't just deal with the actual texts that I brought in. B… - Nilo Cruz
I've been a little disappointed in directors in America. I'm really after a theater that doesn't just deal with the actual texts that I brought in. B…
I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I do table work or when I'm talking to … - Nilo Cruz
I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I do table work or when I'm talking to …
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to direct the pla… - Nilo Cruz
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to direct the pla…
I think I have a certain kind of style. I think at the same time, I'm aware that there's certain things that I did as a playwright in certain plays, … - Nilo Cruz
I think I have a certain kind of style. I think at the same time, I'm aware that there's certain things that I did as a playwright in certain plays, …
I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words - it's difficult sometimes for … - Nilo Cruz
I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words - it's difficult sometimes for …
If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs - ask fo… - Nilo Cruz
If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs - ask fo…
I think that the Pulitzer Prize is definitely a blessing, but it's also a curse. Because I think that it is a blessing because the work gets more exp… - Nilo Cruz
I think that the Pulitzer Prize is definitely a blessing, but it's also a curse. Because I think that it is a blessing because the work gets more exp…
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