Nottage And Ward Quotes

Each play I write has its own unique origin story. ~ Lynn Nottage

I'm a schizophrenic writer. ~ Lynn Nottage

A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse. ~ Lynn Nottage

In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity. ~ Lynn Nottage

African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently. ~ Lynn Nottage

Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics. ~ Lynn Nottage

I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination. ~ Lynn Nottage

I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has ever had in that particular space, and yet we couldn't find a home on Broadway. ~ Lynn Nottage

I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire. ~ Lynn Nottage

I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected. ~ Lynn Nottage

If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that. ~ Lynn Nottage

I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway. I said, 'Well, how do we know? How do we know if we don't do it?' I said, 'I think you're wrong.' ~ Lynn Nottage

MAMA: My mother taught me that you
can follow behind everyone and walk in the dust, or you can walk ahead
through the unbroken thorny brush. You may get blood on your ankles, but
you arrive first and not covered in the residue of others. This land is fertile
and blessed in many regards, and the men ain't the only one's entitled to its
bounty. ~ Lynn Nottage

I wanted to tell the story of these women and the war in the Congo and I couldn't find anything about them in the newspapers or in the library, so I felt I had to get on a plane and go to Africa and find the story myself. I felt there was a complete absence in the media of their narrative. It's very different now, but when I went in 2004 that was definitely the case. ~ Lynn Nottage

And bottom line, without John by her side, everything seemed to be just a big, resounding meh. ~ J.R. Ward

I do not crave this
But he needed it before he became a danger to himself and others. ~ J.R. Ward

You are perfect for a female."
"Not where I come from."
"Then they're using the wrong standard. ~ J.R. Ward

The heavy soul will not pass though the body is failing. ~ J.R. Ward

Look upon me, Mistress. Watch as I wither! ~ J.R. Ward

That human, he's a lesser waiting to happen, in my opinion
nothing less, nothing more ~ J.R. Ward

Z knew the fed EX-tinction package had arrived and wasn't ready to take delivery ~ J.R. Ward

We don't have to talk about Zsadist.
That's okay. He's the most interesting part of me. ~ J.R. Ward

Good? No, that didn't go far enough. She'd made him feel ... alive. Awakened. ~ J.R. Ward

(Butch Thinking) Those claws wre like daggers. they made Freddie Krueger's set of fun and games look like pipe cleaners. ~ J.R. Ward

A couple of inches up and right and he would have been a soprano. ~ J.R. Ward

Phury nodded. And if she lives with us, we get to keep the cat. ~ J.R. Ward

I have no words. Sixteen languages, but no words.
-Vishous ~ J.R. Ward

I wish I wanted you, Rehv.
He laughed dryly. Funny. I know just what you mean. ~ J.R. Ward

You're so very naked," she whispered against his shoulder.
He smiled into her hair. "So are you. ~ J.R. Ward

V?"

"What?"

"I will die rather than hurt you."

~Vutch moments~ ~ J.R. Ward

You're just too mean to find a grave and lie down-Tohr to Wrath. ~ J.R. Ward

The fire was set in the Library of Records by the Baudelaire murderers, and has spread to the Sore Throat Ward, the Stubbed Toe Ward, and the Accidentally Swallowed Something You Shouldn't Have Ward. ~ Lemony Snicket

Hollywood Expressed his inner Godzilla again V to Z ~ J.R. Ward

Supposed to in one hand, s*** in the other; see what you get the most of- V to Rhage ~ J.R. Ward

The burden of regret weighs heavily. It is relentless. ~ Jesmyn Ward

My first puppy's name was Purple. ~ Tracey Ward

You could never know what transpired beneath another's skin. ~ Ward Just

Be happy, travel the world, fall in love again and live. ~ Natalie Ward

This baby got plenty of daddies. - Esch ~ Jesmyn Ward

That was your cue to follow me. ~ Penelope Ward

... longing for someone I couldn't have. ~ Penelope Ward

Never give up when things get hard, gust keep on going forward! ~ Tyler Ward

He's the most married man I ever saw in my life. ~ Artemus Ward

I needed to kill him with kindness instead of showing my anger. ~ Penelope Ward

There's at least one fist bump every interview. ~ M. Ward

What brings you onto my property?" Rhev said, cradling his mug with both hands trying to absorb its warmth.
Got a problem"
I can't fix your personality, sorry ~ J.R. Ward

Why are you so interested in what I'm doing with my mouth? ~ Penelope Ward

I was tired of being me. ~ Rachel Ward

Temptation is natural. That doesn't mean you should act on it." He ~ Penelope Ward

You're perfect for me, baby. I always knew that, never doubted it. ~ Penelope Ward

Keep Calm and Go Fuck Yourself. ~ Penelope Ward

We were emboldened by our ignorance. ~ Gary Ward

Thank you for giving me mine ~ Penelope Ward

She pulled back the sheet. Good God, his sex was ... "It's gotten so ... huge"
Butch barked out a laugh. "You say the nicest things. ~ J.R. Ward

If you've bullshitted me, angel, I'm going to kill you."
The other male rolled his eyes. "I'm already dead, idiot. ~ J.R. Ward

I think we're dating now" "Come on ... I got you naked. You wore a damn corset. And don't get me started on the sponge bath afterward. ~ J.R. Ward

From one king to another, know that I'm giving you the middle finger right now. And he was, with a smile. ~ J.R. Ward

Wrath to Butch : I always knew you were a royal; just didn't think it went past the pain-in-the-ass part is all. ~ J.R. Ward

However cozy things seemed, the facts of life were the same. You couldn't escape death: It would get us all in the end. ~ Rachel Ward

If our love was a story book, we would meet on the very first page. ~ Shayne Ward

Jade blinked. It was only for a fraction of a second but she could have sworn the the house had changed shape. ~ Richard J. Ward

Come fly with me, beautiful. ~ Penelope Ward

The male who'd just arrived laughed as he embraced Qhuinn. You have such a way with words, cousin. I would say ... trucker meets sailor crossed with a twelve-year-old. ~ J.R. Ward

You see, I could no longer be trusted around beautiful things and my weakness was apparent ~ Liza Ward

WARD: I'll be home in time for dinner, honey.
JUNE: Alright - I'm pregnant - Have a fine day at work, dear.
WARD exits ... WARD reenters.
JUNE: Did you forget something, dear?
WARD: What did you say?
JUNE: I asked if you'd forgotten anything - ~ Benjamin R. Smith

V, you know I love you like a brother, right?"
"Yeah."
"You feed her and I'll tear out your fucking throat out. ~ J.R. Ward

He can't take you away from me because our story's not finished. To be continued. ~ Penelope Ward

We all know that everything will end some day, but we can not let that slow us. We must not let that stop us from living. ~ Rachel Ward

You know you were with the lessers, true?"
Butch lifted one of his busted-up hands. "And here I thought I'd been to Elizabeth Arden. ~ J.R. Ward

In the cave's innermost entryway, a band of four stood tall and thick, shouldered and heavily weaponed.
Members of the Brotherhood.
He knew this quartet by name: Ahgony, Throe, Murhder, Tohrture. ~ J.R. Ward

Chapter 1: Orientation Day ~ Bill Ward

I miss you. I miss you so fucking bad it hurts, but I don't know how to find you even though you're right in front of me."
― J.R. Ward, Lover Mine ~ J.R. Ward

Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not? ~ J.R. Ward

Stu stood nearby also, his camera flash spastic and incessant, like the light of a caffeinated firefly. ~ Tamara Ward

Did every step feel like the running leap a bird takes before flight? ~ Jesmyn Ward

He was one giant, violant fuck-you to the world. ~ J.R. Ward

Only if it were raining thumbtacks and hairpins, you letch. ~ J.R. Ward

Don't ever aggress on that motherfucker.... ~ J.R. Ward

History can't tell us. Each generation must define itself. ~ Geoffrey Ward

This was trouble
of the bury-your-dead variety. ~ J.R. Ward

Liked the evil in themselves too much to be trusted. ~ J.R. Ward

You can't change the past by punishing yourself in the present. ~ Penelope Ward

Go fuck a cactus, classless cunt. ~ H.M. Ward

The indolent mind is not empty, but full of vermin. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

You're like, a kick ass ninja of niceness. ~ H.M. Ward

I had her all over my face. It was fantastic. ~ J.R. Ward

You are the sweetest thug I've ever known. ~ J.R. Ward

Okay, this conversation just crossed into Uncomfortable Land. ~ H.M. Ward

But the ignition did, in fact, occur. And it changed everything. ~ J.R. Ward

Cause nothing said lovin' like a shitload of motion detectors. ~ J.R. Ward

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

But I am not that eloquent, so I shut my mouth and smile. ~ Jesmyn Ward

In the end, there was you, and that made it all worth it ~ Penelope Ward

Fritz hates dead bodies in the front hall. ~ J.R. Ward

Not the point. No offense, but these are wicked Village People. ~ J.R. Ward

not in the stupid-ass Miley Cyrus poser-sex way - and ~ J.R. Ward

And I get up because it is the only thing I can do. ~ Jesmyn Ward

If sex were food, Rhage would haven been morbidly obese. ~ J.R. Ward

Life. In all it's mundane majesty. ~ J.R. Ward

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ~ Henry Ward Beecher