August Wilson

“Life is a big, fat, gigantic mess. And that's the beauty of it, too.”

“Some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in.”

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”

“All of art is a search for ways of being, of living life more fully.”

“You can't be a victim and be a winner.”

“You've got to take the crooked with the straight.”

“There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both.”

“Before I am anything else, I am a black man. The clothes that I wear, the food that I eat, the music that I listen to, are all informed by my culture.”

“The details of our struggle are unique, but the quality of our struggle is the same.”

“Freedom is a weighty word, it is a weighty thing.”

“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.”

“All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.”

“The particulars of my life are not important. It is my ideas that are important.”

“You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not government's responsibility. It is not your school's responsibility. It is not your parents' responsibility. It is your responsibility.”