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From Quotes by Terrence McNally
- Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster. Writing has to…
- 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 that…
- Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone who…
- I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.
- I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show…
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