Before Quote by Bette Midler

When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play. I could write dialogue, but I just sort of failed beyond…

— Sam Shepard

I am really good at playing it straight.

— Jason Collins

I had great difficulties learning to play initially because I could not think rhythmically properly, although it's an even-paced rhythm, I was not phrasing…

— Richard Meale

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good…

— Matt Cameron

I never learned to play properly either, I was a little bit too lazy for that, but as long I could express myself in…

— Tove Styrke

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.

— Kenneth Tynan

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 had always been more interested in playing and improvising than sitting down at a desk and writing out a piece. I'd always found…

— Terry Riley

I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as much when…

— Jake M. Johnson

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm…

— Stephen Karam

I have toyed with the idea of playing it straight. But, like I say, I really believe we are all out of our minds…

— Johnny Depp

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

— David Hare