Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution. – Tony Kushner
You have a strange relationship with calamity when youre a writer: you write about it as an artist, you objectify and fetishize it. You render life into material, and thats a creepy thing to do. – Tony Kushner
The way that same-sex marriage should reach the federal level is that it absolutely should be decided by the Supreme Court as quickly as possible. Its a 14th Amendment issue. Theres no argument about it. – Tony Kushner
I find writing very difficult. Its hard and it hurts sometimes, and its scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities. – Tony Kushner