Logo
Quote by Tony Kushner
You have to have hope. Its irresponsible to give false hope, which

You have to have hope. Its irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think its irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of. – Tony Kushner

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Marriage
Author
Tony Kushner
Read Quote

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

Category:
History
Author
Tony Kushner
Read Quote

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

Category:
Beauty
Author
Tony Kushner
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Hope
category

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it. – Doug Coupland

Category:
Hope

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you dont give up. – Anne Lamott

Category:
Hope

Its possible that Ive matured as a writer, and I hope Ive matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes. – Diablo Cody

Category:
Hope

Hope calculates its scenes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin and dishonor. – Joseph Addison

Category:
Hope

Random Quotes

You cannot hold your head high with your hand out. – Yiddish Proverb

Category:
Pride

Im not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred. – Natalie Portman

Category:
Marriage

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. – Edward Teller

Category:
Science

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them. – Franz Kafka

Category:
God