Quote by Tony Kushner
The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can han

The 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 and that, beyond that, weve actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincolns presidency thats somewhat original. – Tony Kushner

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Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete? – Tony Kushner

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People shouldnt trust artists and they shouldnt trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it. – Tony Kushner

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I dont feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that Im a gay man. – Tony Kushner

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