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The Public Theater requires one to be very public, and writing requires one to be very private.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Private Public Requires Theater Very Writing

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There is a strange kind of parental pride when 'Topdog' ends up on Broadway, or 'Elaine Stritch.'

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Broadway Ends Kind Parental Pride Strange Up

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To want to come to New York, you have to have a sense of wonder about the world and a foolish sense of worth about yourself. And I, too, had both of those things.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: About Both Come Foolish Had New New York Sense Things Those Too Want Wonder World Worth York You Yourself

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AIDS is a shared truth - it's not selective in its wrath.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Aids Selective Shared Truth Wrath

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I like to knock down walls and allow others to enter.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Allow Down Enter Knock Like Others Walls

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When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving you. But you're really serving the materials. You're serving the actors. You're in charge, but it's not free.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Acting Actor Charge Directing Everybody Free Guise Like Materials Really Serving Theory Writing You

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When I was on dialysis, I willed myself to do 'On the Town.' It accesses my most childlike, joyful love of theater.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Childlike Joyful Love Most Myself Theater Town

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Producing has empowered me as an artist in a specific way. It's forced a certain kind of maturity.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Artist Certain Empowered Forced Kind Maturity Me Producing Specific Way

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Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Agenda Appeal Artist Commercial Everybody Expense Often Theater Unique Vision

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Racists are deficient as human beings.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Beings Deficient Human Human Beings Racists

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: September 23rd, 1954

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