Action Quote by Anton Chekhov

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of…

— David Mamet

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

— Marc Maron

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…

— Terrence McNally

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal,

— Howard Barker

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

— Eric Bogosian

My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the…

— George Burns

There's a real fantasy quotient to my work. Any play that I've written for myself to perform in basically begins with the idea, "Wouldn't…

— Charles Busch

It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I…

— Dan Castellaneta

I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of…

— Ben Brantley

When I write a play, my whole intent at bottom is to get the audience to be in the cast, to get that audience…

— Jules Feiffer

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little…

— Sheila Heti