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title: "37 Wrote Play Quotes by 36 authors"
description: "Browse 37 Wrote Play quotes by 36 authors. Discover the best Wrote Play sayings and thoughts."
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> [I wrote my first play when I was eight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-gems/i-wrote-my-first-play-when-i-was-eight/)

[Pam Gems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-gems/)

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> [I write short stories, and I wrote a play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/i-write-short-stories-and-i-wrote-a-play/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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> [I wrote my first play when I was nine. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kaluuya/i-wrote-my-first-play-when-i-was-nine-it-was-performed-at-hampstead/)

[Daniel Kaluuya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kaluuya/)

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> [Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-guare/every-play-is-so-important-it-s-a-record-of-what-life-was-like-at-the/)

[John Guare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-guare/)

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> [I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kazan/i-took-a-writing-class-in-college-liked-it-and-my-first-year-out-of/)

[Zoe Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kazan/)

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> [If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/if-i-wrote-a-play-with-four-characters-every-single-one-of-them-would/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

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> [I wrote my first play when I was eight. It was about a queen, and I - of course! - was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yolanda-king/i-wrote-my-first-play-when-i-was-eight-it-was-about-a-queen-and-i-of/)

[Yolanda King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yolanda-king/)

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> [I wrote my first play when I was nine, it was about Robin Hood, from Maid Marian's point of view. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-drinkwater/i-wrote-my-first-play-when-i-was-nine-it-was-about-robin-hood-from/)

[Carol Drinkwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-drinkwater/)

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> [I wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abi-morgan/i-wrote-a-play-for-miu-miu-called-the-moment-is-the-present-that-s/)

[Abi Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abi-morgan/)

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> [When I was in high school, I wrote a play that I sent off to a competition that took second place. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-wyle/when-i-was-in-high-school-i-wrote-a-play-that-i-sent-off-to-a/)

[Noah Wyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-wyle/)

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> [“Lillian Hellman wrote a play called The Little Foxes. In it a young girl tells her mother that some people eat the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvain-reynard/lillian-hellman-wrote-a-play-called-the-little-foxes-in-it-a-young/)

[Sylvain Reynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvain-reynard/)

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> [I was only 18 when I made 'A Taste Of Honey' in the city of Salford, where writer, Shelagh Delaney set it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-tushingham/i-was-only-18-when-i-made-a-taste-of-honey-in-the-city-of-salford/)

[Rita Tushingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-tushingham/)

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> [I wrote my first play because I wanted to try directing something, and I couldn't afford the rights - it was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-wrote-my-first-play-because-i-wanted-to-try-directing-something-and/)

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

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> [I wrote a play at drama school, which was a dark comedy - people laughed and cried. And then my script of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michaela-coel/i-wrote-a-play-at-drama-school-which-was-a-dark-comedy-people-laughed/)

[Michaela Coel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michaela-coel/)

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> [John Cassavetes wrote A Woman Under the Influence as a play. He said, "Hey, I wrote you a play." And I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/john-cassavetes-wrote-a-woman-under-the-influence-as-a-play-he-said/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

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> [I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first play when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-ve-written-virtually-as-long-as-i-ve-acted-it-wasn-t-a-sudden/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

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> [I didn't have the money to put myself through drama school, so I thought - naively - that if I wrote a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-jackson/i-didn-t-have-the-money-to-put-myself-through-drama-school-so-i/)

[Neil Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-jackson/)

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> [When I was a little kid, I wrote this play about all these characters living in a haunted house. There was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/when-i-was-a-little-kid-i-wrote-this-play-about-all-these-characters/)

[Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/)

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> [I grew up going to the theater. That was one of the nice things my mom did was she took us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-grew-up-going-to-the-theater-that-was-one-of-the-nice-things-my-mom/)

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

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> [I wrote my first play, Uncommon Women and Others, in the hopes of seeing an all-female curtain call in the basement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-wasserstein/i-wrote-my-first-play-uncommon-women-and-others-in-the-hopes-of/)

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

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> [“The growing sensitivity of people to any sort of open and frank discussion of important issues is no service to civilisation, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-growing-sensitivity-of-people-to-any-sort-of-open-and-frank/)

[Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/)

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> [Write about your experiences! When I moved to L.A., I didn't have any friends, and the office janitor was the person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-saracho/write-about-your-experiences-when-i-moved-to-l-a-i-didn-t-have-any/)

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

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> [Manual Lynn? Find out what that is. He wrote every single word in the play, and then everyone just rapped their parts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-montgomery/manual-lynn-find-out-what-that-is-he-wrote-every-single-word-in-the/)

[Ryan Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-montgomery/)

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> [I wrote a play before that and it never saw the light of day. And then I started working on this play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-peet/i-wrote-a-play-before-that-and-it-never-saw-the-light-of-day-and-then/)

[Amanda Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-peet/)

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> [In preschool, I would plan out my show-and-tell every week to be funny and exciting. Then in first grade I wrote a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-knight/in-preschool-i-would-plan-out-my-show-and-tell-every-week-to-be-funny/)

[Maxim Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-knight/)

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> [I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-wrote-my-first-play-at-the-age-of-10-55-years-ago-and-i-ve-always/)

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

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> [I shot an episode of Jake in Progress with John Stamos a few years back and the casting people recommended me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-manganiello/i-shot-an-episode-of-jake-in-progress-with-john-stamos-a-few-years/)

[Joe Manganiello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-manganiello/)

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> [I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-lonergan/i-wrote-a-play-once-called-lobby-hero-which-i-thought-turned-out-very/)

[Kenneth Lonergan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-lonergan/)

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> [I love acting, but directing and writing have always been just as important. I started to write so many things when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-laurent/i-love-acting-but-directing-and-writing-have-always-been-just-as/)

[Melanie Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-laurent/)

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> [I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-keyah-crystal-keymah/i-wrote-my-first-play-as-extra-credit-for-my-fourth-grade-english/)

[T'Keyah Crystal Keymah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-keyah-crystal-keymah/)

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> [In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gregory/in-writing-a-little-tragedy-the-gaol-gate-i-made-the-scenario-in/)

[Lady Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gregory/)

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> [I wrote my own play, 'The Westie Monologues,' about where I'm from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebel-wilson/i-wrote-my-own-play-the-westie-monologues-about-where-i-m-from-in/)

[Rebel Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebel-wilson/)

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> [In the early '90s, I wrote a play called 'Word of Mouth' in which I played a number of different characters. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lecesne/in-the-early-90s-i-wrote-a-play-called-word-of-mouth-in-which-i/)

[James Lecesne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lecesne/)

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> [After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/after-one-of-my-plays-came-out-i-had-mixed-reviews-some-bad-and-some/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I wrote a play that I directed and I was in, and I paid for the sets and the costumes and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hailey-gates/i-wrote-a-play-that-i-directed-and-i-was-in-and-i-paid-for-the-sets/)

[Hailey Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hailey-gates/)

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> [I'm still trying to write. I wrote a play a few years ago, so I'm trying to start writing again. The play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-peet/i-m-still-trying-to-write-i-wrote-a-play-a-few-years-ago-so-i-m/)

[Amanda Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-peet/)

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> [In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produced in the studio theatre at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/in-my-final-year-at-bristol-university-i-wrote-a-play-called-white/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

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                        "text": "I shot an episode of Jake in Progress with John Stamos a few years back and the casting people recommended me to the writer of Skirts & Flirts, Gloria Calderon Kellett, who then wrote a part for me in her play... it turned out that she was also a writer on How I Met Your Mother.",
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