Characters on stage should be flat, like clothes in a fashion show: what you get should be no … - Elfriede Jelinek

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My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream, that's gotta be your hero.

Elfriede Jelinek

Characters on stage should be flat, like clothes in a fashion show: what you get should be no more than what you see. Psychological realism is repulsive, because it allows us to escape unpalatable reality by taking shelter in the “luxuriousness” of personality, losing ourselves in the depth of individual character. The writer's task is to block this manoeuvre, to chase us off to a point from which we can view the horror with a dispassionate eye.

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Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate.

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Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist.

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