Marsha Norman Quotes - Page 2

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• What's so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you're going to get your embarrassing old body back?

  Marsha Norman

  Heaven, Body, Embarrassing

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• People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.

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  Song, Heart, People

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• Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me.

  Marsha Norman

  Suicide, Jesus, Ask Me

  Marsha Norman (1983). “'Night, Mother”, p.17, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• When ''night, Mother' opened, I did not know how long it would be before I would have another show on Broadway.

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  Mother, Night, Long

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• I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.

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  Writing, Piano, Grew Up

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• If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.

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  Vision, Would Be, Playwright

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• My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, 'The Color Purple' is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it's got hard stuff in it, but so does 'Les Miserables' and 'Phantom of the Opera.'

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  Simple, Views, Color

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• In the theater, when people hear that you're writing a play, they want to know what it's all about, whether there's a role for them. You write it fairly quickly, and it becomes a group activity before you're really ready to have company.

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  Writing, Play, People

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• At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.

  Marsha Norman

  Heart, Thoughtful, Play

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