
“Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”
On audiences, Asbury Park NJ Press (13 August 1974).
Variant: I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”
On audiences, Asbury Park NJ Press (13 August 1974).
“Put the nightmare together. If you do not wake up screaming, you have not put it together well.”
Prologue
The Devil is Dead (1971)
“Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?”
Rent (1996)
“Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.”
2010-, The City: Beijing, 2011