Author: Stephen Karam

Quotes

I don't think I could write a good play if I was setting out to write about the death of the American middle class.

I don't think I could write a good play if I was setting out to write about the death of the American middle class.

- Stephen Karam

I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on.

I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on.

- Stephen Karam

I think that I'm going to write a bigger thing, and then I end up writing about people, and the bigger thing recedes into the background, and hope that it's still there.

I think that I'm going to write a bigger thing, and then I end up writing about people, and the bigger thing recedes into the background, and hope that it's still there.

- Stephen Karam

Good actors can tell you more about your play than 1,000 hours alone at your desk.

Good actors can tell you more about your play than 1,000 hours alone at your desk.

- Stephen Karam

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts.

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts.

- Stephen Karam

Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my game instantly.

Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my game instantly.

- Stephen Karam

I think being gay has resulted in gay characters standing front and center in all of my work.

I think being gay has resulted in gay characters standing front and center in all of my work.

- Stephen Karam

The human condition is endlessly fascinating to me, and the existential horrors of life are what drive our imaginations and theater in general.

The human condition is endlessly fascinating to me, and the existential horrors of life are what drive our imaginations and theater in general.

- Stephen Karam

The best thing about being nominated in a category like best new play is realizing there were enough new plays to make a category.

The best thing about being nominated in a category like best new play is realizing there were enough new plays to make a category.

- Stephen Karam

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