Bad idea Quote by Beth Henley

I think that if you just write your characters you end up with something that people can access.

— Ayana Mathis

Of course, building a character is easy when the writing is good.

— Helene Yorke

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

— Alan Furst

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

— Terrence McNally

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

— Kurt Vonnegut

You have to follow the logic of your characters while you're writing.

— Ryan Fleck

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it…

— Tennessee Williams

I think that it's worthwhile to explore the ways in which you write the person that's writing your plays as opposed to simply assuming…

— Tony Kushner

I don't want to be a writer where all the characters sound the same. There's a facility in that kind of writing.

— Richard LaGravenese

At the end of the day, I write characters that I want to play, because I just think, 'Hey, maybe one day it'll get…

— Diana Silvers

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

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

— Edward Albee