Wendy Wasserstein Quotes

United States, Screenwriter
October 18, 1950 – January, 30, 2006.

Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles.

Also known as Dramaturge, Playwright

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.

Wendy Wasserstein
- People
- Mean
- Calm
Bruce was a genius, conveniently born on Christmas Eve with, according to my mother, Messiah potential.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Mother
- Born
- Genius

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.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Women
- Mother
- Successful
The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Comedy
- Pain
- Reason
to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Life
- Lucky
Our lives are not totally random. We make commitments, we cause things to happen.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Commitment
- Causes
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.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Art
- Giving
- Vision
The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Struggle
- Considered