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Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you…

— Mark Helprin

Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a…

— Roger Rees

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

— Tony Kushner

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…

— Terrence McNally

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

— Bob Keeshan

I would not let my children act when they are young!

— Keri Russell

Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty.

— Mary Oliver

Don't make generalisations about any group of children. For years I have felt angry with those who argue that Shakespeare and the rest of…

— Damian Green

Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh…

— Oscar Wilde

I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theatre.

— Barrie Keeffe

I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production.

— Helen Mirren

I lay my eternal curse on whomsoever shall now or at any time hereafter make schoolbooks of my works and make me hated as…

— George Bernard Shaw