“My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's this issue I'm bothered about. I only write about things that directly impact my life. When I write, there's a pain that I have to reach, and a release I have to work toward for myself. So it's really a question of the particular emotional circumstance that I want to express, a character that appears, a moment in time, and then I write the play backwards.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingPlayMomentsCharacterSeemsPainIssuesEmotionalParticularCircumstancesDown AndImpactCraftsReleaseBackwardsBotheredMoments In Time Author:Paula Vogel
“I want to seduce the audience. If they can go along for a ride they wouldn't ordinarily take, or don't even know they're taking, then they might see highly charged political issues in a new and unexpected way. . . . The theatre is now so afraid to face its social demons that we've given that responsibility over to film. But it will always be harder to deal with certain issues in the theatre. The live event - being watched by people as we watch - makes it seem all the more dangerous.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantSeemsMightFilmFacesPoliticalCertainGivenSocialDealsResponsibilityWatchesAudienceIssuesDangerousEventsHarderTheatreCraftsDemonUnexpectedSeducingPolitical Issues Author:Paula Vogel
