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Playwriting is all about empathy, getting inside the head of someone who is not you, to think like they think without judging them.

Donald Margulies

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Donald Margulies
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 2
Playwright
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
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Judging
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Playwriting

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