Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wassersteinwas an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth18 October 1950
CountryUnited States of America
age age-and-aging
Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.
years family-and-friends littles
Every year I resolve to be a little less the me I know and leave a little room for the me I could be. Every year I make a note not to feel left behind by my friends and family who have managed to change far more than I.
children mean responsibility
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.
respect bags paper
Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.
mother genius christmas-eve
Bruce was a genius, conveniently born on Christmas Eve with, according to my mother, Messiah potential.
commitment causes plans
Our lives are not totally random. We make commitments, we cause things to happen.
teenager hate technology
The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.
work way ambiguous
Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.
believe struggle birth
The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.
becoming talk-to-me assertive
I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.
humor sadness way
being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.
humor thinking desire
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.