Author: August Wilson

Quotes

I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

- August Wilson

Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

- August Wilson

I haven't read Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare - except 'The Merchant of Venice' in ninth grade. I'm not familiar with 'Death of a Salesman.' I haven't read Tennessee Williams.

I haven't read Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare - except 'The Merchant of Venice' in ninth grade. I'm not familiar with 'Death of a Salesman.' I haven't read Tennessee Williams.

- August Wilson

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.

- August Wilson

From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered without compromise or sentimentality.

From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered without compromise or sentimentality.

- August Wilson

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

- August Wilson

I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.

I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.

- August Wilson

I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.

I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.

- August Wilson

As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.

As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.

- August Wilson

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