12+ Israel Horovitz Quotes On Peace, War

Israel Horovitz is an American playwright, director, actor and author. He is a founding member of the New York Playwrights Lab and has written over 70 plays, many of which have been performed around the world. He is also known for writing and directing the film My Old Lady, which was released in 2014. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Israel Horovitz on peace, war, love.

I began coming to Paris in the 1960s when I was told audiences here liked my work. More than 20 of my plays have been produced in Paris, and several have had long runs and have returned in revivals. — Israel Horovitz

Lou Tyrrell has created a theatre that is a safe haven for playwrights, a birthing center for new American writing. Arts Garage has created a vital, enthusiastic audience for theatre, music, painting and sculpture in Delray Beach. — Israel Horovitz

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time. — Israel Horovitz

I felt no need to write a German-bashing play. — Israel Horovitz

I have never written a play, a story, a poem, or my one film - anything - unless something was troubling me enough, wrecking me, in fact, to drive me back into the absurdity of writing. I do not enjoy writing. — Israel Horovitz

If you prepare, and you've got wonderful, bright people who get it, who accept and appreciate your preparation, then you don't have to explain yourself 9,000 times. — Israel Horovitz

I don't direct the plays of others. — Israel Horovitz

There is no crime greater, or more worthy of punishment, than being strange and frightened among the strange and frightened; except assimilation to the end of becoming strange and frightened, but apart from ones own real self. — Israel Horovitz

The Holocaust story has been told and retold so many times. — Israel Horovitz

You simply can't make someone love you if they don't. You must choose someone who already loves you. If you choose someone who does not love you, this is the sort of love you must want. — Israel Horovitz

Any actor, any playwright who's worked a life in the theater knows how to do things cheaply and quickly. It's just all by necessity. Invention is everything. — Israel Horovitz

While directing in theater that the actors will - I don't know if it's competitiveness or what it is, but they love to make each other laugh. They love to impress each other in rehearsal. They'll try something for a reaction. But in film, you're very often not all together in the room at the same time. You're shooting one day, somebody else is shooting the next. It's a totally different dynamic. — Israel Horovitz

Life Lessons by Israel Horovitz

1. Israel Horovitz's work emphasizes the importance of understanding and accepting the complexities of human relationships, and the power of empathy and compassion to bridge divides.
2. His plays often explore the impact of generational trauma and the need for individuals to find their own paths in life, regardless of their family's expectations.
3. Horovitz's work also highlights the importance of self-reflection and the need to confront our own biases and prejudices in order to create a more just and equitable society.