Tony KushnerI don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's t… ▶371Politics
Tony KushnerIt has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.366Death
Tony KushnerIf you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The mo… ▶311TimeTruth
Tony KushnerPeople shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it. ✨ Interview with Andrea Bernstein, www.motherjone… ▶347Humanity
Tony KushnerI don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world. ✨ Tony Kushner (2013). Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on Nation… ▶347Love
Tony KushnerThe theater requires an essential gullibility that you can't get through life without having. If all you can feel is skepticism-well , you meet people like this. Run away from the… ▶315HumanityLife
Tony KushnerI just wondered what a thing it would be...if overnight everything you owe anything to, justice, or love, had really gone away. Free. It would be...heartless terror. Yes. Terrible… ▶348Love
Tony KushnerThe general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history … ▶348ThoughtTruth
Tony KushnerTheater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around. ✨ Tony Kushner: Strong plays, strong opinions. Interview With John Moore, www.denverpost.com. J… ▶315Death
Tony KushnerArtists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution. ✨ Tony Kushner At The School Of Visua… ▶3610Politics
Tony KushnerI wish you would be more true to your demographic profile. Life is confusing enough. ✨ Tony Kushner (1993). Angels in America: a gay fantasia on national themes3410LifeTruth
Tony KushnerThe work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches. ✨ Tony Kushner At The School Of Visual Arts: 'Artists Know That Diligence Count… ▶262Humanity
Tony KushnerThe computer, the noise of the computer feels like impatience. It's sort of the sound of impatience to me. ✨ Kushner's 'Lincoln' Is Strange, But Also Savvy. F… ▶306Sadness
Tony KushnerWhat makes the voice pathetic is that it doesn't know what kind of people it's reaching. Us. No one hears it, except us. This Age wanted heroes. It got us instead: carefully const… ▶328HopeHumanityTime
Tony KushnerThe primary thing I should do, apart from being a good husband, brother, son, and friend, is to be a citizen activist. But I'm afraid it takes away from the writing. Not that anyt… ▶317Reflection
Tony KushnerThe body is the garden of the soul. ✨ Tony Kushner (1993). Angels in America: a gay fantasia on national themes273Death
Tony KushnerIt isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet. ✨ Tony Kushner (2013). Angels in Ameri… ▶252Love
Tony KushnerYou don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.252Philosophy
Tony KushnerI write plays and movies, I live and work at the borderline between word and image just as any cartoonist or illustrator does. I’m not a pure writer. I use words as the score for … ▶242Time
Tony KushnerLove is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of… ▶287Love
Tony KushnerI'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.221Politics
Tony KushnerGod knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was. ✨ Interview with John Moore, blogs.denverpost.com. January… ▶287Humor
Tony KushnerIn a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications.233Reflection
Tony KushnerAccuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes, then it's historical. Then ask, 'Did this … ▶288Reflection
Tony KushnerI don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man. ✨ Abraham Lincoln Gay? Tony Kushner Explains Why Biopic Excludes Lincoln&rsqu… ▶267PoliticsTruth
Tony KushnerGay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction. ✨ Tony Kushner, Radical Pragmatist. Interview with Ben Greenman, www.m… ▶223Philosophy
Tony KushnerTheatre for a New Audience is one of America's most admirable and exciting theatre companites...some of the best acted and directed work to be found on American stages, engaging w… ▶279DeathReading
Tony KushnerI love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.246LoveReading
Tony KushnerIt's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do. ✨ Tony Kushner (2013). Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complet… ▶2710Time
Tony KushnerI'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play, lik… ▶225Life
