Top 23 Quotes by Richard Greenberg

About Richard Greenberg

These are some quotes by American author Richard Greenberg Playwright, who was born on February 22, 1958.

I'm sort of anti-Aristotelian. I want to get an entire life onstage while conveying a sense of how time feels, how unstoppable it is, and how we don't really know what's going on because as we're trying to weave, it's weaving us.

Richard Greenberg

When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat.

When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat.

Richard Greenberg

I was formed by 'The Forsyte Saga' marathon. There was something about seeing all those events telescoped that was unbelievably moving: that sense of time as something that can be tinkered with.

I was formed by 'The Forsyte Saga' marathon. There was something about seeing all those events telescoped that was unbelievably moving: that sense of time as something that can be tinkered with.

Richard Greenberg

By the time I started writing plays, Broadway was never an expectation, so it's never been central.

By the time I started writing plays, Broadway was never an expectation, so it's never been central.

Richard Greenberg

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

Richard Greenberg

For some reason, 1968 is a touchstone year for me. I think it was the first year I felt fully conscious.

For some reason, 1968 is a touchstone year for me. I think it was the first year I felt fully conscious.

Richard Greenberg

I do think the past changes at a slower rate. It sits a little more still for its portrait.

I do think the past changes at a slower rate. It sits a little more still for its portrait.

Richard Greenberg

It seems that the hurdle you have to jump over is everyone's informed opinion. When you're a young playwright, you're probably too precarious in your own technique to understand that when these seemingly informed opinions are contradicting each other, it becomes this paralyzing monolith.

Richard Greenberg

My usual route is, I do a play at South Coast Rep, then there's time between and I revise it, and then I take it to New York.

My usual route is, I do a play at South Coast Rep, then there's time between and I revise it, and then I take it to New York.

Richard Greenberg

I like the Mets. I'm interested in the Mets.

I like the Mets. I'm interested in the Mets.

Richard Greenberg

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