Decision Quote by Anton Chekhov

You write a play mostly out of yourself. There's a need to get a certain thing down.

— Israel Horovitz

The critics suppose that it is easy to write a play. They aren't aware that writing a good play is difficult and writing a…

— Anton Chekhov

It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.

— Dorothy Parker

If a man writes a brilliant enough play in praise of something that is universally loathed, the play, if it is good and well…

— Edward Albee

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

I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions -- that you have something to say, that you know how to say…

— Edward Albee

I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and…

— Tom Stoppard

anyone who writes plays is unbelievably persistent, because there isn't a need in the world for plays. Somehow you internally have to feel a…

— Wendy Wasserstein

Playwriting is all about empathy, getting inside the head of someone who is not you, to think like they think without judging them.

— Donald Margulies

There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.

— Terrence McNally

I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.

— Edward Albee