Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.
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So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol.
Tags: play, things, portrait, work
My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.
Tags: how, play, sex, change
A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?
Tags: why, child, magic, kiss
You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
Tags: doing, you, life, love
While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.
Tags: enough, forget, dance, great
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