“Man, that's the only kind of book I like one that's so real you want to find out everything there is to know about the person who wrote it, like how tall he is and what kind of music he likes and whether or not he really went through all the stuff he was writing about.” KnowsMenWantWritingKindPersonsBookRealStuffLikesTallReal You 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
“One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.” PeopleWantWritingPlayTogetherRoomsExcuseTricksHardestTension Author:Adam Rapp
“When I got inside, I just sort of stood there. There's nothing stranger than the smell of someone else's house. The scent goes right to your stomach. Mary's house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace. For some reason it made me want to curl up in the fetal position. I could have slept right there on their kitchen table.” WantMadeReasonHousePositionTablesStrangerSmellKitchenStomachMaryScentFurnitureCookiesPolishLemonsCurlsKitchen TableFireplacesOatmealOatmeal Cookies Author:Adam Rapp
