“There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies. If it weren't for the smell of death clinging to the walls, you might think it was your family's turn to host the month neighborhood potluck supper.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightMovingLawDeathDiesTurnsHouseWallMonthsSmellFiftyNeighborhoodHostClingingSupperUnwrittenPotluck Book:Under the Wolf, Under the Dog Source: Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
“I don't know where the characters are going to go or what's going to happen. I know that something inevitable will happen. I know that they want certain things and they're in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that. More often than not, an entropy creeps in that strangles me, and then the inevitable happens. I don't know if I have the ability to write an ending like My Fair Lady's, when everyone gets what they want after a few minor conflicts. If I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I'd have someone enter with a machine gun.” IfsKnowsWantWritingLooksCharacterHappensCertainAbilityRoomsConflictGunFairsMachinesSmellInevitableMinorsCreepsEntropyMachine GunsMy Fair Lady Author:Adam Rapp
“I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".” IfsThinkingShouldWellsPlayFightingHugeDirectorsConceptsDirectCompromisePlaywrightBad Experiences Author:Adam Rapp
“I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I'll see them in something and I'll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsI CanFormActorsShapesDown AndInstinctCoffee Author:Adam Rapp
“I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.” IfsWritingTryingTwoEndsSometimesPlayThreeGamesBreakNovelWeekTelevisionCoupleProjectsTill The EndAhead Of The Game Author:Adam Rapp
“I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart; the same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn't a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they're not in the sky” IfsWayMindHeartSongVoiceTalkingSkyBirdRadioFlyingNot TalkingBlackbirds Book:33 Snowfish Source: 33 Snowfish
