Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wassersteinwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth18 October 1950
CountryUnited States of America
graduation encouraging dream
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
live-life lucky
to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.
humor thinking desire
Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to be likable yet to remain removed. When I speak up, it's not because I have any particular answers; rather, I have a desire to puncture the pretentiousness of those who seem so certain they do.
humor sadness way
being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.
teenager hate technology
The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.
respect bags paper
Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.