40 Quotes by Richard Greenberg

I think I can be an intimidating energy in the room. I think I come in with an aura of wanting results because as the playwright, I know how it goes, and there's the thought, 'Why can't they catch up?'

I think I'm a writer, and it's my job. People in other professions are expected to do their jobs all the time. Why shouldn't I?

I thought if I stopped writing, ... the world would explode.

When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat.

You do think, if you have your druthers, 'I want to sort of be, not anonymous, but unknown'. But you don't have your druthers in life, do you?

Everything on and under the surface is driven by the tides,

People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house.

It seems that the hurdle you have to jump over is everyone's informed opinion. When you're a young playwright, you're probably too precarious in your own technique to understand that when these seemingly informed opinions are contradicting each other, it becomes this paralyzing monolith.

It's weird, because I don't feel prolific. I don't write anything for months at a time.