Tony Kushner Quotes

I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

I never talked about homosexuality with my family. After I was 18, they know everything, but I never talk; it was like an information but in silence. I start to talk when I was 32, it was good for me - it was like a liberation. I'm talking about a love story. I'm not talking about sex because love is love.

But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist.

Like every child growing up in America, I read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn.' I liked them well enough, but I didn't love them.

Australians are geniuses with a good sense of humour.

The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

What I do onstage, there's maybe .0001 percent of the population that acts like that. I talk like that because it makes me laugh, and because I know a couple of people that talk like that. They're really that Southern. And they do funny things. I love 'em; they're awesome. They're good people.

Why not hold on to whatever I've got because it's as good as it's ever going to get. How can I believe that love is coming, how can I even believe that love exists; if I don't believe it's spiritually based?

Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.

As I grow older, I become more and more of a Marxist - Groucho, that is. When you have lived two-thirds of your life, you know the value of a good joke.

I love Los Angeles. I love when people make fun of it. I think, 'Good, don't come.' All the jokes about it feel out of date.

What's the funniest play ever written? I used to think it was 'Noises Off,' but now that I've seen 'The Liar,' I'm not so sure.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent, to borrower and lender both.

Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.

'Catch-22''s admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical.

Really, what's not to love in John McCain, satire-wise? As if he had not already been good enough to us, then came his nomination of Sarah Palin. Here, truly, was a gift from the gods of satire.

Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.

I would love to do a comedy, but comedy probably in the sense of a dark comedy like 'Californication,' that sort of thing. Yeah, sure, I think I'm funny.

Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.