--- title: "35 Dramatist Quotes by 30 authors" description: "Browse 35 Dramatist quotes by 30 authors. Discover the best Dramatist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/richard-lagravenese-13232_quote_i-m-a-dramatist-343989_343989.png" --- > [I'm a dramatist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lagravenese/i-m-a-dramatist/) [Richard LaGravenese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lagravenese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/richard-lagravenese-13232_quote_i-m-a-dramatist-343989_343989.png) > [The cat is, above all things, a dramatist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-benson/the-cat-is-above-all-things-a-dramatist/) [Margaret Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/margaret-benson-42068_cat_the-cat-is-above-all-things-a-dramatist_622245.jpg) > [I was trained as a straight dramatist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-gad/i-was-trained-as-a-straight-dramatist/) [Josh Gad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-gad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/josh-gad-15191_straight_i-was-trained-as-a-straight-dramatist-23_2350983.png) > [As a dramatist, you're looking for points of friction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/as-a-dramatist-you-re-looking-for-points-of-friction/) [Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/aaron-sorkin-2826_friction_as-a-dramatist-you-re-looking-for-points_1379877.png) > [Contrast is the dramatist's method.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-dunsany/contrast-is-the-dramatist-s-method/) [Lord Dunsany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-dunsany/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/lord-dunsany-13558_contrast_contrast-is-the-dramatist-s-method-29009_2900929.png) > [As a dramatist, I don't have politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/as-a-dramatist-i-don-t-have-politics/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/oliver-stone-1812_politics_as-a-dramatist-i-don-t-have-politics-106_1067231.jpg) > [The dramatist's function is (1) to earn a living for his family and himself and (2) to try to entertain people for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-adams/the-dramatist-s-function-is-1-to-earn-a-living-for-his-family-and/) [Lee Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/lee-adams-255873_actor_the-dramatist-s-function-is-1-to-earn-a_2420109.png) > [I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-m-a-dramatist-dramatists-have-a-right-to-look-at-history-and/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/oliver-stone-1812_history_i-m-a-dramatist-dramatists-have-a-right_47593.jpg) > [Shake was a dramatist of note; He lived by writing things to quote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-c-bunner/shake-was-a-dramatist-of-note-he-lived-by-writing-things-to-quote/) [H. C. Bunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-c-bunner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/h-c-bunner-97467_he_shake-was-a-dramatist-of-note-he-lived-b_380706.jpg) > [It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/it-s-insulting-to-ask-a-dramatist-what-his-view-of-his-play-is-i-have/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/edward-bond-13025_insulting_it-s-insulting-to-ask-a-dramatist-what-h_481422.jpg) > [I can't really define myself as a dramatist or as an actor or as someone who is interested in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lepage/i-can-t-really-define-myself-as-a-dramatist-or-as-an-actor-or-as/) [Robert Lepage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lepage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/robert-lepage-5205_actor_i-can-t-really-define-myself-as-a-dramat_217916.jpg) > [Shakespeare is, after all, Britain's greatest poet and dramatist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-wanamaker/shakespeare-is-after-all-britain-s-greatest-poet-and-dramatist/) [Sam Wanamaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-wanamaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/sam-wanamaker-14366_britain_shakespeare-is-after-all-britain-s-great_3027969.jpg) > [Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-c-bunner/shakespeare-was-a-dramatist-of-note-who-lived-by-writing-things-to/) [H. C. Bunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-c-bunner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/h-c-bunner-97467_lived_shakespeare-was-a-dramatist-of-note-who_391738.jpg) > [My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hedges/my-job-as-a-dramatist-is-to-find-out-where-these-characters-want-to/) [Peter Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/peter-hedges-5212_character_my-job-as-a-dramatist-is-to-find-out-whe_2829354.jpg) > [The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight, and to let nothing appear but his characters. As soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-macaulay/the-business-of-the-dramatist-is-to-keep-himself-out-of-sight-and-to/) [Thomas B. Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-b-macaulay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/thomas-b-macaulay-1980_actor_the-business-of-the-dramatist-is-to-keep_1801191.jpg) > [There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-no-essential-difference-between-the-material-of-comedy-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/anonymous-1_audience_there-is-no-essential-difference-between_2774198.jpg) > [Is the biographer an artist who can and should exist on equal terms with the dramatist, fiction writer and poet? The short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-paulin/is-the-biographer-an-artist-who-can-and-should-exist-on-equal-terms/) [Tom Paulin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-paulin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/tom-paulin-20416_answer_is-the-biographer-an-artist-who-can-and_2533615.png) > [I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/budd-schulberg/i-d-like-to-be-remembered-as-someone-who-used-their-ability-as-a/) [Budd Schulberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/budd-schulberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/budd-schulberg-22925_ability_i-d-like-to-be-remembered-as-someone-who_1495309.jpg) > [A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/a-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the-pure-event-an-action/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/thornton-wilder-1495_action_a-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the_3209752.jpg) > [I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/i-love-novels-but-i-m-not-a-novelist-i-m-just-a-dramatist-which-means/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/john-logan-15862_actor_i-love-novels-but-i-m-not-a-novelist-i-m_767753.png) > [A dramatist is one who from his earliest years has found that sheer gazing at the shocks and counter-shocks among people is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/a-dramatist-is-one-who-from-his-earliest-years-has-found-that-sheer/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/thornton-wilder-1495_comment_a-dramatist-is-one-who-from-his-earliest_1085738.jpg) > [The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/the-art-of-the-dramatist-is-very-like-the-art-of-the-architect-a-plot/) [Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/brander-matthews-44460_architect_the-art-of-the-dramatist-is-very-like-th_335294.jpg) > [I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/i-began-as-a-dramatist-in-the-theater-so-i-m-always-thinking-about/) [Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/adriana-trigiani-1792_always-thinking_i-began-as-a-dramatist-in-the-theater-so_3193928.png) > [“Holmes laughed. "Watson insists that I am the dramatist in real life," said he. "Some touch of the artist wells up within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/holmes-laughed-watson-insists-that-i-am-the-dramatist-in-real-life/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/arthur-conan-doyle-273_adventure_holmes-laughed-watson-insists-that-i-am_147791.jpg) > [The impulse to write the poem, that impulse is a great dramatic impulse. But hell, anybody could write a play. I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/the-impulse-to-write-the-poem-that-impulse-is-a-great-dramatic/) [August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/august-wilson-3646_actor_the-impulse-to-write-the-poem-that-impul_2725095.jpg) > [I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-do-have-a-side-as-a-citizen-and-i-ve-always-expressed-it-and-that-s/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/oliver-stone-1812_citizen_i-do-have-a-side-as-a-citizen-and-i-ve-a_2661849.jpg) > [As a dramatist, you have 200 choices at every fork in the road. But the audience will reject it if you make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-morgan/as-a-dramatist-you-have-200-choices-at-every-fork-in-the-road-but-the/) [Peter Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/peter-morgan-3663_character_as-a-dramatist-you-have-200-choices-at-e_2347551.jpg) > [“Married against their will, kept in one room, and to one occupation, how could a dramatist give a full or interesting or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/married-against-their-will-kept-in-one-room-and-to-one-occupation-how/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/virginia-woolf-49_bitterness_married-against-their-will-kept-in-one-r_3212179.jpg) > [The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-great-dramatist-has-something-better-to-do-than-to-amuse-either/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/george-bernard-shaw-68_audience_the-great-dramatist-has-something-better_2317394.png) > [“I have neither the ability of a poet or the flourish of a dramatist. But I must admit I was floored”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tushar-raheja/i-have-neither-the-ability-of-a-poet-or-the-flourish-of-a-dramatist/) [Tushar Raheja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tushar-raheja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/tushar-raheja-79827_common-sense_i-have-neither-the-ability-of-a-poet-or_3177811.jpg) > [I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/i-had-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-dramatist-and-for-really-good/) [Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/laurence-housman-21576_actor_i-had-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-drama_32692.jpg) > [I am, it seems, an avant-garde dramatist. It would even seem obvious since I am present here at discussions on the avant-garde…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-am-it-seems-an-avant-garde-dramatist-it-would-even-seem-obvious/) [Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_avant-garde_i-am-it-seems-an-avant-garde-dramatist-i_42655.jpg) > [The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/the-history-of-screenwriting-of-what-we-do-is-more-than-100-years-old/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/john-logan-15862_100-years_the-history-of-screenwriting-of-what-we_276367.jpg) > [The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/the-russian-dramatist-is-one-who-walking-through-a-cemetery-does-not/) [George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/george-jean-nathan-10206_cemetery_the-russian-dramatist-is-one-who-walking_472749.jpg) > [ When \[actors\] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-hardwicke/when-actors-are-talking-they-are-servants-of-the-dramatist-it-is-what/) [Cedric Hardwicke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-hardwicke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/cedric-hardwicke-56434_acting_when-actors-are-talking-they-are-servant_3130163.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dramatist/#itemlist", "name": "Dramatist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 35, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a dramatist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard LaGravenese" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lagravenese/i-m-a-dramatist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/richard-lagravenese-13232_quote_i-m-a-dramatist-343989_343989.png", "contentUrl": 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