One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the beginning, when the play is being discu…

- 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…

- Nilo Cruz

I was taught to lie at a young age. . . . I think that [A PARK IN OUR HOUSE] describes what people make out of their reality in a totalitarian system…

- 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 …

- Nilo Cruz

Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a g…

- 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…

- 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, …

- 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…

- 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 …

- Nilo Cruz