Tony Kushner Quotes

I'm fairly certain when I die that the obituary will say, 'Author of 'Angels in America' dies.' Unless I'm completely forgotten, and then it won't say anything at all.

Tony Kushner

• America
• Die
• Author
• Certain
• Angel
• Forgotten

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • Important
  • America
  • History

• I will keep painting until I die.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Die
  • Painting
  • Will

• I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Time
  • Good
  • America

• Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Long
  • Die
  • Listen

• The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.

  

  Imre Kertesz
  • Life
  • World
  • Work

• Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Money
  • Die
  • Habits

• I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Business
  • America
  • Think

• Maybe 'America first' means also that you have to deal with America first.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • America
  • You
  • First

• America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Why
  • America
  • Government

• To me, America is just another market.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • America
  • Me
  • Market

• Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • America
  • Reality
  • Movies

• Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • Life
  • Important
  • America

• We need the private sector to succeed, because if the private sector succeeds, America succeeds. Because it's not the government that produces jobs, it's the private sector.

  

  Gary Locke
  • America
  • Government
  • Succeed

• To be clear, the gap between the have gots and the have nots is widening. In this most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, that concerns me.

  

  Tavis Smiley
  • America
  • Me
  • Clear

• As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • People
  • You
  • Author

• While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.

  

  Karen Hesse
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Actor

• To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • May
  • Death
  • Know

• To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

  

  W. H. Auden
  • World
  • Why
  • Man

• When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.

  

  Jack Herer
  • People
  • Believe
  • American

• When I was young, life seemed long and endless to me.

  

  Marcello Mastroianni
  • Life
  • Long

• The level of discourse in this country is falling to a depth that cannot be sustained.

  

  Martin Frost
  • Country

• Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

  

  James Mercer Broken Bells
  • Trying
  • Friends
  • Alone

• I began tailoring my books to cater to one or another universe of readers. I found it incredibly boring; and frankly, it felt stultifying. I'd previously been in advertising. I felt if I was going to create something to fit a specific market, I might as well have stayed with advertising.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Universe
  • Advertising

• I'm fairly certain when I die that the obituary will say, 'Author of 'Angels in America' dies.' Unless I'm completely forgotten, and then it won't say anything at all.

  

  Tony Kushner
  • America
  • Die
  • Author