Art is a way of freezing time, or extending time. ... It's another way to bridge the gaps between us.
Sarah RuhlI think theatre is a democratic act and I think writing a play is not a democratic act. I think we should give writers more leeway and space to write the thing they want to write, and then we should produce the play, multiple times, and let them re-write it.
Sarah RuhlI see, in women friends, a really dangerous phenomenon where it seems they reach a certain age and become invisible.
Sarah RuhlI think you have to have your own expectations of yourself and your own sense of purpose and your own intrinsic pleasure in the task. If you don't, you will drive yourself off a cliff because your fortunes will rise and fall, and if you identify too closely with that, you really will go insane.
Sarah Ruhl