Marsha Norman

People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.

If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

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