30 Quotes by David Lindsay-Abaire

I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.

I didn’t go into ‘Rabbit Hole’ wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it.

So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere...

I’m just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I’m trying to tell the truth; that’s all that I do.

I’m going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing ‘Rabbit Hole’ came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

With studio work, I’m always the bottom man on the totem pole.

Class is something I know about. I’ve lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.

The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it’s more about people’s perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I’m not being humble – I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It’s a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that’s all it is to me.

I’ve been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn’t like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.