113 Quotes by Lynn Nottage

I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release.

Broadway is a closed ecosystem.

The great thing about 'Vera Stark' is that my research was watching movies, screwball comedies, so I could literally sit back and relax.

If the Tony Awards want to remain relevant in the American theater conversation, then they need to embrace the true diversity of voices that populate the American theater.

I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative.

A lot of the factories that had been the bedrock of many small cities were being shut down, which led me to investigate what I'm calling the 'de-industrial revolution.'

I teach at Columbia, and I'm always looking for books I can lose myself in during the 45 minutes I'm on the train.

I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country.

When you're fighting for an increasingly smaller portion of the pie, you turn against each other; you create reasons to hate each other.