94 Quotes by Theresa Rebeck

Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.

It's not my responsibility to write plays about the way the world should be.

I think, with most writers, their neurosis is finishing things. I have a different neurosis. I'm terribly anxious when it's not finished. Then I become really difficult to live with.

We need theatre that is contemporary, lively and relevant, and the only way to do that is to take care of our playwrights and produce their plays.

Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig.

In television, what you are doing is trying to fit your voice into a particular mold.

I am curious about a lot of things. I'm perplexed and engaged.

I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else, and it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely.

New York was the Promised Land growing up. Writers were gods! The great gods of American culture... I thought.