Wendy Wasserstein Quotes
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No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
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No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.
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being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.
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A diet counselor once told me that all overweight people are angry with their mothers and channel their frustrations into overeating. So I guess that means all thin people are happy, calm, and have resolved their Oedipal entanglements.
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The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice . . . The arts' belief in potential gives each of us -- both audience and creator -- pride in our society's ability to nurture individuals.
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Bruce was a genius, conveniently born on Christmas Eve with, according to my mother, Messiah potential.
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The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.
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The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.