Playwright Quotes · Page 3

. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre,…

— David Henry Hwang

One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t,…

— Simon McBurney

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry…

— Maya Angelou

There have always been dreamers. Men and women who catch a glimpse of something beyond themselves who dare to reach for goals…

— Tommy Tenney

I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.

— Eva Mendes

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces…

— George R. R. Martin

I'm a black American playwright. I couldn't be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they're all cut…

— August Wilson

Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.

— Wole Soyinka

A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature…

— Edward Albee

When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.

— Ayn Rand

I'm a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.

— Aaron Sorkin

You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But…

— Tony Kushner

Any actor, any playwright who's worked a life in the theater knows how to do things cheaply and quickly. It's just all…

— Israel Horovitz

When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice…

— David Suchet

I grew up doing theatre and spent a long time as a playwright. I still think very visually when I write.

— Libba Bray

By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that…

— Arthur Miller

Today we can say that at last the director writes the film. The image--its plastic composition and the way it is set…

— Andre Bazin

We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or…

— Helen Hayes

The great Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, wrote, "One of these days, the younger generation will come knocking at my door." The future…

— Al Gore

I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.

— Walter Dean Myers

One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the…

— Nilo Cruz

Every child has the capacity to be everything.

— Doris Lessing

One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations.

— Tracy Letts

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next…

— Tom Stoppard