Quote by Arnold Bennett

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

— Richard Greenberg

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in…

— Vivien Leigh

“In their opinion, a tragedy with so little plot could not conform with the rules of drama. I enquired whether they were complaining that…

— Jean Racine

The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Writing a play, you have to retain it all in your head - you need more time. With prose, you can snatch an hour…

— Nell Leyshon

Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage.

— Alan Alda

“The scholar explained, very neatly, that a play might well have something interesting about it, but no literary value. He demonstrated, without wasting words,…

— Voltaire

To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.

— Edward Albee

“Writing takes place in an open playing field with limitless possibilities, most of them terrible.”

— Scott Gates

“Play is primal. It’s not a frivolous pastime—it’s a radical act of reclaiming joy and creativity in a world that often feels too serious.”

— Ken Breniman

I think a part of the reason that those early plays were short was that I just kept having these ideas, and I'd just…

— Sam Shepard

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

— Tony Kushner