For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.
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Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.August Wilson
The harder you try to hold onto them, the easier it is for some gal to pull them away.
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Writing has definitely been a refuge for me, something I needed to do in order to survive.
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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.
August Wilson
Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.
August Wilson
I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.
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