Author: Stephen Karam

Quotes

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

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

I don't know how to produce work if it's not something that's deeply scaring me or troubling me.

I don't know how to produce work if it's not something that's deeply scaring me or troubling me.

- Stephen Karam

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 hope to be known as a writer who told the truth.

I hope to be known as a writer who told the truth.

- 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

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

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

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

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