I see it on his face. I hear it when he talks. We look out at the world and we see the same thing: Not Fair. And the only difference between us is Ricky's out there trying to get even. And he knows not trust anybody and he got it straight from me. And he knows not to try and get work, and guess where he got that. He walks around like there's loose boards in the floor, and you know who laid that floor, I did.

Norman currently serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School in New York City and is Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden for which Marsha Norman won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical and The Red Shoes as well as the libretto for the musical The Color Purple. 'night Mother brought Norman a great deal of recognition.

She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night Mother. Marsha Norman (born September 21 1947) is an American playwright screenwriter and novelist.