Tony Kushner

When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't write if you don't think they're on your side, because then you start to yell at them or preach down to them.

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These are some quotes by American author Tony Kushner Playwright, who was born on July 16, 1956.

Quotes by Tony Kushner

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

Tony Kushner

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God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

Tony Kushner

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And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a lot of them that have to be filled every night. Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, as far as I'm concerned, is in New York the pride of New York theater.

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