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I have kind of an almost religious feeling about poets. I usually refuse to meet them because I admire them so much. Except for Poe.

Tony Kushner

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Tony Kushner
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 16
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Anthony Robert Kushner
Anthony R. Kushner
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The kind of theater that I do is sort of ‘narrative realism,’ which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean, in a certain sense, Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.
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Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.
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We won't die secret deaths anymore. The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come. Bye now. You are fabulous creatures, each and every one. And I bless you: More Life. The Great Work Begins.
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I'm not an experimental artist. I have no talent for that. I need a certain kind of antecedent form to follow.
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It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.
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