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'Read, watch, steal and write.' Advices this wildly popular playwright in an interview with “Paines Plough“ - a new writing company the 50-year-long history of which has also been enriched by his writing. 'And don't give up, man.' He adds as if addressing those words directly to me, even though i'm a woman. The empathetic bond he shares with those who fail does not come from nowhere - this playwright had a fair share of his own failures before his grand success. Having had to work a handful of side-jobs until writing became his main occupation, he credits this experience for enriching his plays - it was working as a schoolteacher that made him want to capture the vibrant language of teenagers and he sure does it better than anyone else. Back in the day I was fortunate enough to attend one of his young writers workshops and I can confirm first-hand that he understands young people very well. Perhaps that's why his own thoughts feel so rejuvenating and fresh that I feel like pretty much every one of them could be placed in quotation marks and become MPR's quote of the week. But today I will settle on this: „Be unafraid of failure”. Why? Because in this success oriented world of year 2025 it feels important to remember that failure is an intrinsic part of any life worth living. Do you know who is this playwright? #theatre #performance #playwright #artisticresearch #ArtisticResilience #quoteoftheweek