Crafts Quote by August Wilson

If you let the plot be determined by what you feel is in the character's mind at that point, it may not turn out…

— Tom Stoppard

The play is so close to the reality. . . . It comes out of the heart.

— Barbara Williams

A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be…

— Mike Nichols

I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in…

— Sam Shepard

There's no such thing as a perfect play. Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play.

— John Guare

I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you…

— Martin McDonagh

In the two or three or four months that it takes me to write a play, I find that the reality of the play…

— Edward Albee

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's…

— Johnny Depp

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the…

— David Schwimmer

I think that in my plays you can come in for 20 minutes and get something out of it. I'd like to do a…

— Robert Wilson

The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are…

— Al Pacino

But for me, you also have to be conscious of what is going to play. And that includes playing with. Sometimes it's just a…

— Gary Cole