Playwrights Quotes

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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that… — Orlando Bloom
As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand — Ethel Merman
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are on our side!… — Howard Zinn
Eyeing the traffic circulating the lobby hung with bad art. Big invasive stuff unloaded on Stanley Bard in exchange for rent. The hotel is an… — Patti Smith
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands… — Daniel J. Sullivan
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story… — Amy Holden Jones
The classical writers... playwrights, Jacobean, Elizabethan playwrights, all showed areas of all classes and how they live and painted them pretty authentically. — Timothy West
I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given me… — Alfred Lunt
Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists. — Yasmina Reza
Most playwrights go wrong on the fifth word. When you start a play and you type 'Act one, scene one,' your writing is every bit… — Meredith Willson
Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts. — Janet Malcolm
If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: 'Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank… — Brenda Ueland
I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists. — David Suchet
I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and… — Lusia Strus
What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison d'etre for many… — Caridad Svich
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… — Terrence McNally
I'm sensitive about the criticism [for not producing new playwrights], yes. But I'm hip to it as well. I read 500 new plays a year,… — Gregory A. Boyd
Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all American Playwrights has… — Peter Stone
You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think… — Tony Kushner

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