Wendy Wasserstein Quotes

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

~ Wendy Wasserstein

The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.

~ Wendy Wasserstein

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

~ Wendy Wasserstein

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.

~ Wendy Wasserstein

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

~ Wendy Wasserstein

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

~ Wendy Wasserstein