Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parksis an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her 2001 play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002; Parks is the first African American woman to achieve this honor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 May 1963
CountryUnited States of America
bette love movies peter
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.
further gets knows lord middle mojo playwright race
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.
embracing instead stick text
I don't care what anybody says. Stick to the spirit of the play and you're doing it right. It's about embracing the spirit of the text instead of noodling some idea about things.
refuse
I don't read reviews. I refuse to have my ego inflated or deflated by someone I don't know.
broadway plays playwright woman
My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental.
embracing god learned meet opens possible
I learned that if we embrace what's happening, we are also embracing what is possible - and a road opens up for God to meet us halfway.
heaven-sent perfect growth
Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth.
reflection opportunity compassion
I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a realization that every opportunity is perfect. Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth. Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.
facts windy walks
And as you walk yr road, as you live yr life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the road of yr life will probably be a windy road.