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August Wilson Quote: “The director works as an interpretive artist, but he’s still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create and to put his vision of the play or his translation or interpretation of the material on the stage.”

51. “The director works as an interpretive artist, but he’s still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create and to put his vision of the play or his translation or interpretation of the material on the stage.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “As soon as white folks say a play’s good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.”

52. “As soon as white folks say a play’s good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “You die how you live.”

53. “You die how you live.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “You jumped but I’m falling too.”

54. “You jumped but I’m falling too.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.”

55. “For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.”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: “I know I got to eat. But I got to live too.”

56. “I know I got to eat. But I got to live too.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need 12 minutes of that for the plot. But if you pull the rest of it out, it’s not my play.”

57. “So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need 12 minutes of that for the plot. But if you pull the rest of it out, it’s not my play.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “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.”

58. “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.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “I still write poetry and think it is the highest form of literature.” –.”

59. “I still write poetry and think it is the highest form of literature.” –.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “You should have held me tight. You should have grabbed me and held on.”

60. “You should have held me tight. You should have grabbed me and held on.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “Somewhere the moon has fallen through a window and broken into thirty pieces of silver.”

61. “Somewhere the moon has fallen through a window and broken into thirty pieces of silver.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “Everybody got stones in their passway. You got to step over them or walk around them. You picking them up and carrying them with you. All you got to do is set them down by the side of the road. You ain’t got to carry them with you.”

62. “Everybody got stones in their passway. You got to step over them or walk around them. You picking them up and carrying them with you. All you got to do is set them down by the side of the road. You ain’t got to carry them with you.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “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... Cause you was my husband.”

63. “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... Cause you was my husband.”

— August Wilson

August Wilson Quote: “I hope this leads you to where you’re going.”

64. “I hope this leads you to where you’re going.”

— August Wilson

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