It absolutely helped – to write the father in both ‘Juicy’ and ‘Beasts,’ I had to see the whole story from his point of view. All of a sudden I understood more of what my own father must be going through – the fear, the frustration, the anger… the hope that he’ll leave a legacy. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
Mostly I do Iyengar. I like anything that’s hard enough to make me cry in class. I like to be pushed over my limit and broken down a little bit. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
There are so many remarkable playwrights working right now, that I see everything I can. Annie Baker is a genius, I’ll see anything she writes. The same for Lynn Nottage, Cynthia Hopkins, and Lisa D’Amour. Anything they’ve got going on, I’ll go see. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I’m good to go. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
If you have a perfectionist streak – and who doesn’t? – running can kill the perfectionist inside you. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
I can’t write about rich people having relationship problems and breaking up in New York. I don’t know that world of Terrence McNally. I knew I had to write people who talk the way I talk. And they talked very different than Terrence McNally. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
Oh, I love to read more than anything. I always love the ‘New Stories From the South’ anthologies – I think it’s the best short fiction collection anywhere, just filled with treasures. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
My grandmother had six kids – one died as an infant – and she was dirt-poor, and all her kids got an education. And my mom grew up poor. And they both worked so hard and cultivated so much of their own happiness. I wanted to have that like an amulet. Not like armor, but like a magic feather. Like Dumbo’s magic feather. Lucy Alibar Read Quote
