As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.
August WilsonConfront 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.
August WilsonI write for myself and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.
August WilsonI think all in all, one thing a lot of plays seem to be saying is that we need to, as black Americans, to make a connection with our past in order to determine the kind of future we're going to have. In other words, we simply need to know who we are in relation to our historical presence in America.
August Wilson