“My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When those guys get out of a spaceship - the idea that black people are from outer space, theres a poetic truth to that. We are this vast people.” PeopleKindIdeasPlayGuyBlackSpaceRelatePoeticBlack PeopleParliamentSpaceshipsOuter SpaceFunk Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
“Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.” WritingPlayDistanceLove And Distance Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
“The writing of Topdog was a great gift. I feel the play came to me because I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it.” IfsFeelsWritingPlayPossibilityCircumstancesDespairI RealizedGreat Gifts Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
“People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most days it's very hard because I'm frightened - not frightened of writing a bad play, although that happens often with me. I'm frightened of encountering the wilderness of my own spirit, which is always , no matter how many plays I write, a new and uncharted place. Every day when I sit down to write, I can't remember how it's done.” PeopleWritingI CanMatterHardDonePlayHappensRememberSpiritAsksMy OwnDecidedCraftsAsk MeWildernessFrightenedPlaywrightUncharted Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
“The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was pleased that he reminded me of that. [He] understands the play [VENUS] intellectually and emotionally and the humor, the funny bone.” FirstsSaidPlayHouseStrangeDirectorsFirst TimeBonesCraftsVenusFunny Bones Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
“I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it means.” ThinkingWritingMeanDonePlayIssuesCrafts Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
