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Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks

American Playwright

Born: May 10, 1963

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Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion. Suzan-Lori Parks

Opportunity Compassion Difficulty Creates

I don't read reviews. I refuse to have my ego inflated or deflated by someone I don't know. Suzan-Lori Parks

Ego Someone Know Read Reviews Inflated Refuse

Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me for that. But my definition of myself is completely up for grabs. I'm everywhere, just like we all are. Suzan-Lori Parks

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I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially 'Now', 'Voyager', 'Casablanca', 'Mildred Pierce'; anything by Orson Welles, Truffaut, or Godard; and 'Paper Moon' by Peter Bogdanovich. Suzan-Lori Parks

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The writing of 'Topdog' was a great gift. I feel the play came to me because I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. Suzan-Lori Parks

Being a playwright of any race is difficult, and Lord knows it gets more difficult the further you get from the middle of the road. I don't know what kind of magic my mojo is working, but it's working. Suzan-Lori Parks

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