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> [“He might have thought white people was coyotes, but he still shared food with me. Long as people do that, I guess it don't matter what they think of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/he-might-have-thought-white-people-was-coyotes-but-he-still-shared/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

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## More by David Ives

> [“Vanda (as Dunayev): When she becomes herself--an individual. Thomas (as Kushemski): you only say that because you yourself are so individual. Vanda (as Dunayev):…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/vanda-as-dunayev-when-she-becomes-herself-an-individual-thomas-as/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/i-think-everything-should-be-in-verse-the-new-york-times-should-be-in/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/i-ve-taught-both-screenwriting-and-playwriting-and-playwriting-is/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/plays-are-always-about-intense-relationships-whether-they-re-intense/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/i-have-been-approached-now-and-again-about-sitcoms-but-with-very-few/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [“Vanda (as Dunayev): I am a pagan. I am a Greek. I love the ancients not for their pediments or their poetry, but becausein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/vanda-as-dunayev-i-am-a-pagan-i-am-a-greek-i-love-the-ancients-not/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/i-admire-pop-songs-that-are-perfect-at-three-minutes/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/lists-are-anti-democratic-discriminatory-elitist-and-sometimes-the/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/all-reviews-should-carry-a-surgeon-general-s-warning-the-good-ones/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/with-my-plays-when-the-lights-go-down-at-least-the-audience-isn-t/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/learning-to-write-for-the-theatre-is-learning-to-be-a-human-being/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/necessarily-i-m-always-involved-in-casting-as-any-playwright-is/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/verse-comedy-is-interesting-to-me-because-of-the-challenge-of-writing/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/writing-a-play-you-start-with-less-so-more-is-demanded-of-you-it-s-as/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

> [Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck in those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/ultimately-one-has-to-pity-these-poor-souls-who-know-every-secret/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

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