"Learning to write for the theatre is learning……" — David Ives
"Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings."
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13 Quotes by David Ives
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Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but…
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I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people…
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Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not…
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Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.
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All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.
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I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to…
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I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.
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I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.
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Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.
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Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is…
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form…
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With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of…
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