At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself. Marsha Norman carryconversationfailure Change image and share on social
I feel that I speak the musical language. Marsha Norman feellanguagemusical Change image and share on social
I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals. Marsha Norman growlongmusical Change image and share on social
People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. Marsha Norman avoidchangehear Change image and share on social
Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck. Marsha Norman musicalneckpearl Change image and share on social
After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, 'OK, that's enough for you. Now go away.' What I wanted was to keep writing, keep working. But no one would produce anything of mine they didn't think would be as big as 'night, Mother.' Marsha Norman bigminemother share on social
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. Marsha Norman audiencebirdcall Change image and share on social
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write. Marsha Norman dialogueexpressjoy Change image and share on social
