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Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without your even asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.

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Wendy Wasserstein
Age: 55 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 18
Died: 2006
Died: January 30
Dramaturge
Playwright
Screenwriter
Brooklyn
New York
Sometimes
Asking
Even
Deep
Mind
Inside
People
Serious
Anyone
Funny
Introspective
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Neurotic
Without
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to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.
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The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.
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Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to be likable yet to remain removed. When I speak up, it's not because I have any particular answers rather, I have a desire to puncture the pretentiousness of those who seem so certain they do.
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Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
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No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.
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I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the idea of women of my own generation who were successful, intelligent, coming to power and suddenly in the public arena. I started to think about what they are allowed and what they are not allowed.
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The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.
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