Very sad at Grace today to hear of the death of Wendy Wasserstein. You can listen to an interview with her here.
And an excerpt from an interview with the Paris Review:
INTERVIEWER
You are known for being nice. Can a woman afford to be too nice?
WASSERSTEIN
I have a great interest in being ladylike, but there is also something to be said for being direct. What I hate about myself and would like to change is that I get hurt very easily. I’m too vulnerable and always have been. I don’t look vulnerable. I always think vulnerable girls should have Pre-Raphaelite hair, weigh two pounds, about whom everybody says, “Oh, she’s so sensitive.†I admire aggressiveness in women. I try to be accommodating and entertaining, and some say that’s what’s wrong with my plays. But I think there are very good things about being a woman that have not been taught to men—not bullshit manners but true graciousness. I think there is real anger in life to be expressed, there is great injustice, but I also think there is dignity. That is interesting, and part of the plays I want to write.