Crafts Quotes

929 Crafts quotes by 710 unique authors

Real life has always let me down. That's why I do the monologues. I have always said I would rather tell a life than live… — Spalding Gray
What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the… — Alan Ayckbourn
Regarding pushing the form, ideas interest me more than form. I think you can write a very subversive play in a three-act structure. The content… — Caridad Svich
Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I suppose… — Michael Frayn
There's a lot of hyperventilation that takes off before the [Sundance Film] Festival, a lot of buzz. Every year we hear, this is going to… — Robert Redford
There's very little in the substance of [THE LADY IN THE VAN] which is not fact though some adjustments have had to be made. Over… — Alan Bennett
One [of the two ideas for PROOF] was to write about two sisters who are quarreling over the legacy of something left behind by their… — David Auburn
Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue - that would… — Suzan-Lori Parks
Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect that… — Caridad Svich
The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of their new writing,… — Stephen Daldry
I've come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely time-consuming. Film projects… — Donald Margulies
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For me, it's a… — David Henry Hwang
. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last. In my experience,… — Craig Lucas
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a… — David Ives
I've begun to believe more and more that movies are all about transitions, that the key to making good movies is to pay attention to… — Steven Soderbergh
Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the… — Francis Ford Coppola
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality and… — Paul Schrader
I've never written a fiction before about real people. . . . I read everything that I could find by people who met them and… — Michael Frayn
Theatre, film and television are all modes of storytelling, and many of us are fortunate enough to move freely among them without feeling that we've… — Theresa Rebeck
Today, [theatre's] more likely to be consciously not aimed at the public, but at a more sophisticated or educated public. . . . The result… — Arthur Miller
. . . what happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940's that was supposed to be somehow representative… — August Wilson
So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need 12 minutes of… — August Wilson
We have a desperate need for producers in the [commercial Broadway] theatre, and it is very hard for them to get money and find investors… — Arthur Laurents
I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself.… — Elmore Leonard
. . . I felt that making her one-dimensional would be an insult to the audience, and also not as interesting. All destructive people have… — Richard LaGravenese

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