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> [What I've found is if you get the right characters in the right story and put them in the right setting - and let them go - they tend to do all the exploring of the issues for you. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/what-i-ve-found-is-if-you-get-the-right-characters-in-the-right-story/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

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## More by Mike Bartlett

> [The days of print media are numbered. Some papers will be around for a few years, but everyone knows news is going online. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/the-days-of-print-media-are-numbered-some-papers-will-be-around-for-a/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [Theatre tends to be more metaphorical and intense, as you're locked in one room and focused on one thing. Television can hop around, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/theatre-tends-to-be-more-metaphorical-and-intense-as-you-re-locked-in/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [In Britain, many people love the royal family, and other people don't - but either way, we own them, and we have an opinion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/in-britain-many-people-love-the-royal-family-and-other-people-don-t/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [If people are going to spend a night out at the theatre, they don't just want 'good' - we can watch box sets for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/if-people-are-going-to-spend-a-night-out-at-the-theatre-they-don-t/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [I don't think anyone is boring, actually, if you ask the right questions and look at them the right way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/i-don-t-think-anyone-is-boring-actually-if-you-ask-the-right/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [“Without my voice and spirit I am dust. This is not what I want, but what I must.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/without-my-voice-and-spirit-i-am-dust-this-is-not-what-i-want-but/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [What I've found is if you get the right characters in the right story and put them in the right setting - and let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/what-i-ve-found-is-if-you-get-the-right-characters-in-the-right-story/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [“...I am better Thoughtful Prince than King. Potential holds appeal since in its castle walls One is protected from the awful shame Of failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/i-am-better-thoughtful-prince-than-king-potential-holds-appeal-since/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of nationhood? In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/where-do-we-invest-our-trust-now-in-politicians-most-people-would-say/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [When I was nine, I found a copy of 'Doctor Who: the Making of a Television Series' in the school library. It had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/when-i-was-nine-i-found-a-copy-of-doctor-who-the-making-of-a/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [I wrote a very bad play about Prince William when I was 23 in which he went off to the island of Iona to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/i-wrote-a-very-bad-play-about-prince-william-when-i-was-23-in-which/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [I don't care more about '13' because it's in the Olivier than I did about 'Cock' in a 100-seat studio. They both matter because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/i-don-t-care-more-about-13-because-it-s-in-the-olivier-than-i-did/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they encounter on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/the-worst-thing-is-where-the-world-people-experience-before-they-go/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [That's the moment you look for as a writer, when the characters start telling you what they are doing rather than you telling them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/that-s-the-moment-you-look-for-as-a-writer-when-the-characters-start/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

> [Quite a few plays I have written have an implicit critique of capitalism in that, if you follow it through to its end, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/quite-a-few-plays-i-have-written-have-an-implicit-critique-of/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

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