Historical Quote by August Wilson

Each play I write has its own unique origin story.

— Lynn Nottage

Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.

— Nick Saban

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

— John Guare

I've redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I'd never say I wouldn't rewrite years later. Tennessee…

— Horton Foote

When I got to university, I would read plays and go, 'But these are about the past. Where are the plays that I love…

— Mike Bartlett

If I write a new play, my point of view may be profoundly modified. I may be obliged to contradict myself and I may…

— Eugene Ionesco

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

— Taiye Selasi

I always just read the play and find a world. That world must honour the play, enhance it, and maybe shine some new light…

— David Farr

Sometimes I think the experience of a play is finished for me when I finish writing it. If it weren't for the need to…

— Edward Albee

Play is just another version of work

— Ray Kurzweil

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.

— James Merrill

I started writing plays, but the fact that plays don't last forever was too much for me to bear.

— Lena Dunham