Ability Quote by Adam Hochschild

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.

— Danny Glover

There's a very famous South African playwright named Athol Fugard, and I'd be in any play he's ever did.

— Keegan-Michael Key

“Today's culture is unfortunately inseparable from economic and military power. A ruling nation can impose its culture and give a worldwide fame to a…

— Luis Buñuel

Dorothy L. Sayers is absolutely my favorite The reason she stands above Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham is because she was so…

— Lucy Worsley

When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?

— Mae West

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

— Beth Henley

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

— Ai Weiwei

I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.

— August Strindberg

“He was an unpleasant sort of character, professionally indignant, who'd built up his whole career abroad, selling our national horrors to European readers. Misery…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

Nadine Gordimer came over just before she died. She didn't want to talk about books or the arts, but about the abuse of the…

— Justin Cartwright

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

— Adrian Dunbar

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

— Salman Rushdie