Quotes by August Wilson

August Wilson

American playwright

Lived from: 1945 - 2005

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

Born: 27 april 1945 Died: 2 october 2005

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  • All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.
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  • As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.
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  • Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
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  • Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.
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  • For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.
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  • I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.
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  • I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along.
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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.
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  • Suffice it to say, I'm not poor.
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What are the most famous quotes from August Wilson?

The two most famous quotes from August Wilson are:

  • "All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other."
  • "As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites."

When did August Wilson live?

August Wilson was born in 1945 and died in the year 2005.