I 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 cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean.
August WilsonWhen I first started writing plays I couldn't write good dialogue because I didn't respect how black people talked. I thought that in order to make art out of their dialogue I had to change it, make it into something different. Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I let them start talking.
August Wilson