Well, one of the things we're supposed to be able to do as playwrights is write from a place of empathy, get into another character's shoes and experience things both mundane and tragic. And people don't - like me right now - people aren't necessarily the most eloquent when trying to express their emotions. I guess I feel as a playwright that those people deserve a voice, too, a voice that isn't so articulate that they themselves can no longer identify with it.
After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht and traveled the world instea… - Tracy Letts
After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht and traveled the world instea…
- Tracy Letts
If you're not entertaining, what the hell's the point? - Tracy Letts
If you're not entertaining, what the hell's the point?
All women need makeup. Don't let anybody tell you different. The only woman who was pretty enough to go without makeup was Elizabeth Taylor and she w… - Tracy Letts
All women need makeup. Don't let anybody tell you different. The only woman who was pretty enough to go without makeup was Elizabeth Taylor and she w…
You get to know a character that you play on-stage in a pretty profound way over a length of time. I don't want to sound highfalutin and say you beco… - Tracy Letts
You get to know a character that you play on-stage in a pretty profound way over a length of time. I don't want to sound highfalutin and say you beco…
I like Shakespeare, but I never know what the hell is going on. - Tracy Letts
I like Shakespeare, but I never know what the hell is going on.
I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good. - Tracy Letts
I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good.
Well, one of the things we're supposed to be able to do as playwrights is write from a place of empathy, get into another character's shoes and exper… - Tracy Letts
Well, one of the things we're supposed to be able to do as playwrights is write from a place of empathy, get into another character's shoes and exper…
My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love. - Tracy Letts
My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love.
A certain giving up of control is good for the soul. - Tracy Letts
A certain giving up of control is good for the soul.
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