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Quote by Patti LaBelle

“All these little heifers who can't sing are called ‘divas’.”

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Patti LaBelle, born on May 24, 1944, is a renowned American author. Her works span a variety of genres, including autobiography, novels, and poetry. LaBelle is known for her unique writing style and profound insights into life. more

“I try to interpret how people subjectively experience life. Everyone has a great, horrible opera inside him. I feel that my plays, in a way, are very old-fashioned. They’re pre-Freudian in the sense that the Greeks and Shakespeare worked with similar assumptions. Catharsis isn’t a wound being excavated from childhood.”

People Way Feels Trying Play Childhood Wounds Horrible Greek Assumption Opera Old Fashioned Catharsis

Author:Sarah Ruhl

“I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire.”

Writing I Can War Play Moments Stories Wanted Remember Fire Crosses Democratic Caught Endless Obsessed Republic Congo Endless War Democratic Republic

Author:Lynn Nottage

“I've lived out West some... I've always liked the High Plains areas - eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska.”

Areas West Western Eastern Colorado Nebraska Wyoming

Author:Charles Frazier

“Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.”

Hate Passion Hell I Hate Holes Playwright

Author:Katori Hall

“Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.”

Needs Done Actors Directors Designer Playwright Work Done Gregarious

Author:Katori Hall

“I refused to march because George Bush marched.”

March

Author:Diane Nash

“I just tried to create a little chaos. Chaos is a good thing. God created the whole world out of it. Change is what comes of it.”

World Littles Whole Good Things Chaos Whole World

Author:Septima Poinsette Clark

“I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.”

Art Play School Ears Piano Art School

Author:John Mayall

“I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.”

Song Player Picks Shining

Author:John Mayall

“The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense failed, otherwise I wouldn't write another one. If I wrote the perfect book, I wouldn't have to write again, and I wouldn't want to. That's not true for everyone, but it's true for me. I could walk away then. But so far I haven't managed to do it.”

Ifs Way Want Feels Writing Book Walks Perfect Havens Abandon

Author:Russell Banks

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