I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected. -Lynn Nottage History
If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that. -Lynn Nottage Anger
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination. -Lynn Nottage Imagination
In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity. -Lynn Nottage War
I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected. -Lynn Nottage Society
I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive. -Lynn Nottage Women
