73 Quotes by Pearl Cleage

I'm not one of those playwrights who says, 'Show up, hit your marks, and don't talk to me!' I always want to hear from the other artists involved, whether it's the director, the lighting tech, or the actors.

Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company.

I've never been to Paris. I don't like to fly!

I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won.

If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big Sea' by Langston Hughes.

That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye.