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title: "52 Writing Plays Quotes by 40 authors"
description: "Browse 52 Writing Plays quotes by 40 authors. Discover the best Writing Plays sayings and thoughts."
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> [I had always written. I had written stories and poems. Then I started writing plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-had-always-written-i-had-written-stories-and-poems-then-i-started/)

[Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/)

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> [Writing plays fast and loose with the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-aciman/writing-plays-fast-and-loose-with-the-past/)

[Andre Aciman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-aciman/)

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> [So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-foreman/so-i-decided-to-start-writing-plays-and-went-to-yale/)

[Richard Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-foreman/)

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> [What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/what-is-the-use-of-writing-plays-what-is-the-use-of-writing-anything/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-got-really-into-writing-plays-i-did-that-for-years-and-years-and/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

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> [I started writing plays, but the fact that plays don't last forever was too much for me to bear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-started-writing-plays-but-the-fact-that-plays-don-t-last-forever/)

[Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/)

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> [I had stopped writing plays set in villages because they were not relevant to my experiences and I knew my English classmates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sefi-atta/i-had-stopped-writing-plays-set-in-villages-because-they-were-not/)

[Sefi Atta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sefi-atta/)

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> [ I think he \[Vaclav Havel\] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-woodruff/i-think-he-vaclav-havel-felt-that-he-could-speak-more-truth-in-a-way/)

[Judy Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-woodruff/)

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> [Writing plays, I've always felt a little like I'm guessing - less sure of what's good and what's not good. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/writing-plays-i-ve-always-felt-a-little-like-i-m-guessing-less-sure/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

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> [When you're 19 and writing plays, you think every actor is full of it. They just can't handle your brilliant material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/when-you-re-19-and-writing-plays-you-think-every-actor-is-full-of-it/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [In lots of ways, I've been trying to tell stories this way since I started writing plays: a female-centered story with queer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-saracho/in-lots-of-ways-i-ve-been-trying-to-tell-stories-this-way-since-i/)

[Tanya Saracho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-saracho/)

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> [I don't know if I ever would have developed into a good actor, but that got completely scotched when I lost my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-don-t-know-if-i-ever-would-have-developed-into-a-good-actor-but/)

[David Small](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-small/)

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> [When you're writing plays, it's possible to believe you don't have any real world skill. When you're adapting, it is really all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/when-you-re-writing-plays-it-s-possible-to-believe-you-don-t-have-any/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

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> [In defense of games, I want to point out that the writing in plays, including everything by August Strindberg and The Lion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-wolpaw/in-defense-of-games-i-want-to-point-out-that-the-writing-in-plays/)

Erik Wolpaw

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> [I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-did-a-lot-of-freelance-desk-publishing-jobs-when-i-graduated-from/)

[Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/)

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> [I was 22 and stopped writing plays, and I didn't start again until I was 25. I was writing badly. In college,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-baker/i-was-22-and-stopped-writing-plays-and-i-didn-t-start-again-until-i/)

[Annie Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-baker/)

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> [One of the things about what . . . I do - writing plays - is that a poll is not taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-wasserstein/one-of-the-things-about-what-i-do-writing-plays-is-that-a-poll-is-not/)

[Wendy Wasserstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-wasserstein/)

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> [I've been writing plays since the seventies and only came to moviemaking when I basically realized that I needed some money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-patrick-shanley/i-ve-been-writing-plays-since-the-seventies-and-only-came-to/)

[John Patrick Shanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-patrick-shanley/)

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> [I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-started-writing-plays-in-around-1967-and-at-a-certain-point-i/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

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> [As a writer you're holding a dog. You let the dog run about. But you finally can pull him back. Finally, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/as-a-writer-you-re-holding-a-dog-you-let-the-dog-run-about-but-you/)

[Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/)

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> [When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eamonn-walker/when-shakespeare-wrote-he-wrote-for-the-people-i-know-he-got/)

[Eamonn Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eamonn-walker/)

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> [I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-hellman/i-ve-always-had-great-satisfaction-out-of-writing-the-plays-i-ve-not/)

[Lillian Hellman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-hellman/)

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> [I think that when you're writing plays, and I think it's also true with novels, it helps to have an ear for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/i-think-that-when-you-re-writing-plays-and-i-think-it-s-also-true/)

[Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/)

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> [“My first novel was only a try-out,’ said David carelessly. The sort of thing every undergraduate has to write, but now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-thirkell/my-first-novel-was-only-a-try-out-said-david-carelessly-the-sort-of/)

[Angela Thirkell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-thirkell/)

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> [When I used to teach writing, what I would tell my playwriting students is that while you're writing your plays, you're also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/when-i-used-to-teach-writing-what-i-would-tell-my-playwriting/)

[Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/)

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> [I honestly think if I had made a ton of money as an actor, I wouldn't have done anything else. (Hah!) Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-c-harper/i-honestly-think-if-i-had-made-a-ton-of-money-as-an-actor-i-wouldn-t/)

[Steven C. Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-c-harper/)

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> [For me, writing plays is far more an act of the mind than of the emotions. It's a very different kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-grimsley/for-me-writing-plays-is-far-more-an-act-of-the-mind-than-of-the/)

[Jim Grimsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-grimsley/)

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> [Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/writing-plays-for-me-is-often-an-act-of-looking-at-basement-level/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

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> [I'm a constant idiot in conversation - I always seem to sound either smug or stupid. Writing plays was a way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-m-a-constant-idiot-in-conversation-i-always-seem-to-sound-either/)

[Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/)

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> [I do choose to write for a living - in addition to writing plays. I no longer write sitcoms, and I no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-loomer/i-do-choose-to-write-for-a-living-in-addition-to-writing-plays-i-no/)

Lisa Loomer

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> [I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-ve-been-so-spoiled-in-the-theater-writing-plays-where-i-can-just-do/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-baker/yeah-i-have-the-detail-obsessed-controlling-personality-of-a-novelist/)

[Annie Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-baker/)

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> [By the time I started writing plays, Broadway was never an expectation, so it's never been central.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-greenberg/by-the-time-i-started-writing-plays-broadway-was-never-an-expectation/)

[Richard Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-greenberg/)

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> [I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hare/i-fell-into-writing-plays-by-accident-but-the-reason-i-write-plays-is/)

[David Hare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hare/)

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> [I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiye-selasi/i-wrote-fiction-during-my-entire-childhood-from-age-4-to-18-and/)

[Taiye Selasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiye-selasi/)

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> [I started writing my own plays, and I would sell out, but after everything was said and done, I'd break even. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-michael-quezada/i-started-writing-my-own-plays-and-i-would-sell-out-but-after/)

[Steven Michael Quezada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-michael-quezada/)

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> [Ive been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/ive-been-so-spoiled-in-the-theater-writing-plays-where-i-can-just-do/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [Everybody I know is writing plays twice a year. It's sort of making me feel I am not up to much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/everybody-i-know-is-writing-plays-twice-a-year-it-s-sort-of-making-me/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wole-soyinka/even-when-i-m-writing-plays-i-enjoy-having-company-and-mentally-i/)

[Wole Soyinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wole-soyinka/)

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> [I've been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colette-freedman/i-ve-been-writing-plays-since-the-third-grade-the-biggest-difference/)

[Colette Freedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colette-freedman/)

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