When ''night, Mother' Opened, I

The Theater Is A Communal Event, Like Church. The Playwright Constructs A Mass To Be Performed For A Lot Of People. She Writes A Prayer, Which Is Really Just The Longings Of One Heart.

I'm Who I Was Waiting For. I Didn't Make It.

Mama, I Know You Used To Ride The Bus. Riding The Bus, And It’s Hot And Bumpy And Crowded And Too Noisy, And More Than Anything Else In The World, You Wanna Get Off. And The Only Reason In The World You Don’t Get Off Is It’s Still Fifty Blocks From Where You’re Going. Well, I Can Get Off Right Now If I Want To. Because Even If I Ride Fifty More Years And Get Off Then, It’s Still The Same Place When I Step Down To It. Whenever I Feel Like It, I Can Get Off. Whenever I’ve Had Enough, It’s My Stop. I’ve Had Enough.

There Are Days When I Think The National Endowment For The Arts Should Issue A Quota System For The Production Of Plays By Women - Especially When You Realize Women Buy 70 Percent Of All Theater Tickets.

Music Expresses Longing And Love And Joy Better Than Any Piece Of Dialogue You Can Ever Write.