Thinking Quotes by Beth Henley

The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better…

— Beth Henley

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money

— Beth Henley

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright,…

— Beth Henley

I love writing for the screen.

— Beth Henley

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays

— Beth Henley

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

— Beth Henley

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in…

— Beth Henley

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.

— Beth Henley

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class.

— Beth Henley

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York…

— Beth Henley

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to…

— Beth Henley

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own…

— Beth Henley