Tina Howe Quotes
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There's no rage like old lady rage, just as there's no tenderness like old lady tenderness.
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[I was] particularly eager to give voice to the women of my mother's place and generation, who grew up in turn-of-the-century, privileged New England households, who really never had a chance to flower and assess themselves and find out who they were. More than anything, I wanted to give voice to the sort of anger that women of that generation could never express for themselves.
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The tools I handle are words. They may be unappreciated or misunderstood, but they tell us who we are.
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. . . the cruel part is that, to let the play live, you have to surrender control and let your characters go. You have to let them stumble, fall into walls and be mute, let them drift and be lost. If you hold the reins too tight, they won't spring to life.
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