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> [No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple thought. This thought or incident grows, and the story slowly unfolds itself. You have time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/no-you-don-t-have-to-start-your-play-with-a-premise-you-can-start/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

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## More by Lajos Egri

> [No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/no-you-don-t-have-to-start-your-play-with-a-premise-you-can-start/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

> [Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/immortality-we-all-want-to-be-remembered-we-want-to-do-things-that/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

> [No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and not one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/no-two-dramatists-think-or-write-alike-ten-thousand-playwrights-can/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

> [“Two or three million years ago, the Earth was a ball of fire, revolving arround it's own axis. It took millions of years to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/two-or-three-million-years-ago-the-earth-was-a-ball-of-fire-revolving/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

> [Although you should never mention your premise in the dialogue of your play, the audience must know what the message is. And whatever it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/although-you-should-never-mention-your-premise-in-the-dialogue-of/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

> [Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/everything-has-a-purpose-or-premise-every-second-of-our-life-has-its/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

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