I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cause they eat a sandwich and make an omelet in act two. But it's a romantic fairy… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
'American Playhouse' is very supportive of writers. That's really why writers like to write for 'American Playhouse' for very little money. They care about… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
With me, writing is 60% imagination, 30% people you know and 10% you don't know where it comes from. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive,… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster. Writing has… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
If you're trying to write something that you don't understand and embrace at the very core of you, it's not going to turn out… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn't like Sutherland AND Callas. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
“MARIA. So. How is everyone? Can you hear me? I don't believe in microphones. Singing is first of all about projection. So is speech.… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them. — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
