Catharsis Quote by Edward Albee

I don't write for catharsis; I have to write to understand.

— Joan Didion

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

— Glenn Close

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

— Richard Greenberg

I get the impression sometimes that a play arrives in a sequence of events that I have no control over.

— Tom Stoppard

To a certain extent I imagine a play is completely finished in my mind - in my case, at any rate - without my…

— Edward Albee

In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide…

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

A sense of play is important when I'm writing, and so messing around with, say, a magic routine can feel like play, at least…

— Laura van den Berg

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

— Anonymous

There's no such thing as a perfect play. Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play.

— John Guare

I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.

— Edward Albee

Play seems to be one of the first activities inhibited by the presence of an observer until a group becomes well habituated. For this…

— Dian Fossey

When a play breaks down, yeah, I've been blessed with the ability to make plays.

— Baker Mayfield