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> [I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-don-t-write-a-play-from-beginning-to-end-i-don-t-write-an-outline-i/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

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> [I'm always amazed by those people who get up at 5 and write till 8 and then eat a peach and walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-m-always-amazed-by-those-people-who-get-up-at-5-and-write-till-8/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

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> [I had a plot connection that nobody understood for this fourth character, and decided, Oh, nobody gets it, that's all. I'll write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-had-a-plot-connection-that-nobody-understood-for-this-fourth/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

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## Other authors on Draft

## More by Richard Greenberg

> [When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/when-we-watch-a-play-under-the-standard-circumstances-we-ve-lost/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I want to be a playwright the way people are bank tellers. I want to keep doing it and have it go steadily and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-want-to-be-a-playwright-the-way-people-are-bank-tellers-i-want-to/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-don-t-write-a-play-from-beginning-to-end-i-don-t-write-an-outline-i/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I came to New York, and it was fascinating and intimidating and yielding, and all the stuff it's supposed to be. But whatever the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-came-to-new-york-and-it-was-fascinating-and-intimidating-and/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I'm always amazed by those people who get up at 5 and write till 8 and then eat a peach and walk their canary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-m-always-amazed-by-those-people-who-get-up-at-5-and-write-till-8/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I do think the past changes at a slower rate. It sits a little more still for its portrait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-do-think-the-past-changes-at-a-slower-rate-it-sits-a-little-more/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I had a plot connection that nobody understood for this fourth character, and decided, Oh, nobody gets it, that's all. I'll write another draft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-had-a-plot-connection-that-nobody-understood-for-this-fourth/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/the-idea-of-a-rupture-between-acts-occurs-in-a-number-of-my-plays/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I'm sort of anti-Aristotelian. I want to get an entire life onstage while conveying a sense of how time feels, how unstoppable it is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-m-sort-of-anti-aristotelian-i-want-to-get-an-entire-life-onstage/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [It seems that the hurdle you have to jump over is everyone's informed opinion. When you're a young playwright, you're probably too precarious in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/it-seems-that-the-hurdle-you-have-to-jump-over-is-everyone-s-informed/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [I think I can be an intimidating energy in the room. I think I come in with an aura of wanting results because as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/i-think-i-can-be-an-intimidating-energy-in-the-room-i-think-i-come-in/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [My mother wanted me to be a writer. But she was a child of the Depression and never understood that she wasn't poor. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/my-mother-wanted-me-to-be-a-writer-but-she-was-a-child-of-the/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [But you don't have your druthers in life, do you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/but-you-don-t-have-your-druthers-in-life-do-you/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [A play gets on Broadway by fluke. And you don't even start out with that ambition. When I do a play, the intention is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/a-play-gets-on-broadway-by-fluke-and-you-don-t-even-start-out-with/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

> [You do think, if you have your druthers, 'I want to sort of be, not anonymous, but unknown'. But you don't have your druthers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/you-do-think-if-you-have-your-druthers-i-want-to-sort-of-be-not/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

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