“As a citizen I felt appalled that we WENT TO WAR over faulty information - that felt false or at least "stretched" from the first time they started to push the idea that Iraq and 9/11 were connected, though they didn't seem to be and there was no logical reason for thinking they were. It's like your neighbors the Smiths burned your house down, and then the next day you retaliated by burning down the Jones' house.” ThinkingFirstsIdeasWarReasonSeemsNextHouseFeltInformationLike YouCitizensFirst TimeDown AndIraqConnectedNeighborBurningLogicalBurnedNext DayBurning Down Author:Christopher Durang
“In my 20s, I was more cynical/despairing (even though I still wrote comically), but I often sent audiences home with rather dark last moments. After a while though, I don't want to send the audience home bummed out, or distressed ... I want to see what's hopeful. I'm not overly cheery all the time, and yet I'm not suicidal either. I do think people can make choices that make their lives happier.” PeopleThinkingWantStillsMomentsHomeLastsChoicesDarkAudienceHopefulCynicalSuicidalBummed Out Author:Christopher Durang
“My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply.” ThinkingKnowsMotherFatherSidesProfessionPleasantArchitectCharmingRespectable Author:Christopher Durang
“The first several scenes are about sexual addiction. They're not specifically political at all... I didn't sit down and think, ''I am going to write something about the religious right.'' I started out by writing something about sexual addiction, and it evolved... I don't look at a calendar and say: ''Oh! There's going to be an election in 1996. I think now, in 1993, I'll start writing a play that'll be ready for it.''” ThinkingWritingFirstsLooksPlayPoliticalReligiousReadySceneDown AndElectionAddictionCraftsCalendars Author:Christopher Durang
“I thought if I can do something more playful and light like my play BEYOND THERAPY, it might be a money maker. I think one of the reasons BEYOND THERAPY has legs - it's been very successful for me around the country - is because it's a friendly play, rather sunny.” IfsThinkingI CanCountryReasonPlayLightMightCan DoSuccessfulLegsCraftsTherapyFriendlyMakersSunnyCan Do SomethingMoney Maker Author:Christopher Durang
