Adam Rapp quotes

I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope. (Adam Rapp)
I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion. View quote
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My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend. View quote
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I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can. View quote
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One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave. View quote
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I suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort-of narrative and other times they are just funhouses of non-linear imagery and other scary stuff. View quote
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When I work in the theater, you know you'll get this almost devotional, religious experience where you're breaking bread with everyone every day. View quote
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I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else. View quote
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Some of the greatest works of theater, from Chekov's work to modern playwrights', consist of just a few people in a room with no one leaving. View quote
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I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, 'Well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct.' View quote
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