Language Quote by Elfriede Jelinek

Monologues are fun.

— Adina Porter

I write plays about big, intense subjects.

— Anna Deavere Smith

Writing a play, you have to retain it all in your head - you need more time. With prose, you can snatch an hour…

— Nell Leyshon

I used to do so much writing and fill my scripts with thoughts and monologues and ideas.

— Melissa Barrera

The one overall structure in my plays is language

— Edward Bond

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

— David Hare

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of…

— Wallace Shawn

I write short stories, and I wrote a play.

— Rita Dove

I think a lot of people who go to drama school have this ease with the text and they all have five monologues that…

— Tavis Smiley

The monologue is one of the most difficult and interesting forms of theatre for an actor to learn.

— Pratik Gandhi

To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.

— Edward Albee

Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the…

— Norman Lock