Love Quotes by David Ives

“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

I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.

— David Ives

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

Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.

— David Ives

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…

— David Ives

“Vanda (as Dunayev): I am a pagan. I am a Greek. I love the ancients not for their pediments or their poetry, but becausein…

— David Ives

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.

— David Ives

Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.

— David Ives

All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.

— David Ives

With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.

— David Ives

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

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