“When your daddy walked through the house he was so big he filled it up. That was my first mistake. Not to make him leave room for me.”
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August Wilson 13
American playwright 1945–2005Related quotes

Interview in the Guardian http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/profile/story/0,11109,1092253,00.html

1880s, Reminiscences (1881)

“From the moment I leave my house or my hotel room, the public owns me.”
As quoted in Philadelphia Daily News (3 March 2006).
Context: From the moment I leave my house or my hotel room, the public owns me. The public made Alice Cooper and I can't imagine ever turning my back on my fans.

The "Camelot" interview (29 November 1963)

"Inside the Actors Studio," 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBBtYcK9Jb8