MAKING ART

veracity tends to express itself with an eminent simplicity, in art as in life; just as discursiveness can often be an index of falsehood.

Through art, we can respond ideally to truth as we cannot in life.

Do network like mad, go to new play festivals, offer people a mid afternoon iced latte in exchange for an informational meeting, Google theaters, have a website, befriend writers and directors, invest energies in things other than theater, be interested in the world around you and be an interesting person yourself. Know what makes you unique and wh... See more

Anything interesting I have ever produced creatively has come as a result of being deeply invested in the world and the people in it. There’s nothing for me in isolation.

I also like to look at a lot of photography, whether I’m directing, writing, or performing. Sometimes if you look at a moving image, your brain will want to copy that too easily. But photo, art can be quite evocative and force you to color in the lines.

“I have a noisy mind, and when I am directing, my mind is not so noisy,” she said. “I was like, I have to keep doing this.”

I thought about how it might alienate some people. But I just felt like, well, if you don't want to alienate people, don't be an artist.

Narrative is a way of giving not only shape and coherence to chaos, but progress and closure; its absence creates a feeling of endless languishing.

A story that begins with closure can never end.