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August Wilson quotes

American Playwright April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005

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August Wilson quote: "i love music more than food!!!!!!!!!!"
i love music more than food!!!!!!!!!! August Wilson
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. August Wilson
Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me. Don't you think it ever crossed my mind to want to know other men? That I wanted to lay up somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? You not the only one who's got wants and needs. But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams...and I buried them inside you. I planted myself... August Wilson
I done learned my mistake and learned to do what's right by it. You still trying to get something for nothing. Life don't owe you nothing. You owe it to yourself.- Troy - August Wilson
August Wilson quote: "I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family...."
I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger. August Wilson
Okay, Troy...you're right. I'll take care of your baby for you...cause...like you say...she's innocent...and you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time. From right now...this child got a mother. But you a womanless man. August Wilson
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. August Wilson
For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else. August Wilson
August Wilson quote: "As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is..."
As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites. August Wilson
When the sins of our fathers visit us. We do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness. As God, in his His Largeness and Laws. August Wilson
Confront 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 Wilson
August Wilson quote: "I was born to a time of fire."
I was born to a time of fire. August Wilson
August Wilson quote: "I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on..."
I 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 Wilson
Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience. August Wilson
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. August Wilson

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