94 Quotes by Theresa Rebeck

The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America.

There are times when I wonder how I ever thought that I could dramatize the death of a national discussion as a family comedy.

I had such a good experience doing 'The Understudy' with the Roundabout, and people were really enthusiastic about the work.

I'm an impatient person.

I sincerely believe that for the New York theatre to remain relevant, all our major producing institutions should be presenting new American plays.

I work hard. I like getting to the end of things. And I write my plays that way.

A lot of times, I think people feel that new plays are suspect, and actually, I don't know where that came from. I completely disagree with it!

It's one of the central problems of American culture: telling you if you're younger, more beautiful, more famous, whatever, that then you'll be happy.

I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment.