Love is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood.
Tony KushnerA play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.
Tony KushnerHere's another piece of advice, only date people who have read a different set of books than you have read, it will save you lots of time in the library.
Tony KushnerI make my living now as a screenwriter! Which Iโm surprised and horrified to find myself saying, but I donโt think I can support myself as a playwright at this point. I donโt think anybody does.
Tony KushnerPart of what makes for good writing is an ear for what we would call the poetical. Poetry itself is another thing and it seems to me to be the most difficult writing - that those people are the best writers and they lead the way for everyone else and their writing is frighteningly great.
Tony Kushner