“Vanda (as Dunayev): In our society, a woman's only power is through men. Her character is her lack of character. She's a blank, to be filled in my creatures who at heart despise her. I want to see what Woman… — David Ives Copy Share Image
“Vanda (as Dunayev): When she becomes herself--an individual. Thomas (as Kushemski): you only say that because you yourself are so individual. Vanda (as Dunayev):… — David Ives Copy Share Image
I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse. — David Ives Copy Share Image
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a… — David Ives Copy Share Image
Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships. — David Ives Copy Share Image
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a year or two these days if one wants to develop a series - which is what writing a pilot means. I've also been approached about writing episodes for sitcoms, but in order to do that… — David Ives Copy Share
“Vanda (as Dunayev): I am a pagan. I am a Greek. I love the ancients not for their pediments or their poetry, but becausein their world Venus could love Paris one day and Anchises the next. Because they're not the moderns, who live in their mind, and because they're the opposite of Christians, who live on a cross. I don't… — David Ives Copy Share
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small. — David Ives Copy Share Image
All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart. — David Ives Copy Share Image
With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this. — David Ives Copy Share Image
Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with… — David Ives Copy Share Image
Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort… — David Ives Copy Share Image
