Ifs Quote by Eugene Ionesco

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

Each time I sit down and write a play I try to dismiss from my mind as much as I possibly can the implications…

— Edward Albee

I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and…

— Tom Stoppard

As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can't write a play.

— David Hare

I think what helps me when I'm working on a play, any play, is the degree to which the writer has truly visualized, and…

— Jeffrey DeMunn

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on…

— August Wilson

I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I…

— Tom Stoppard

Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, Im rather happy to say-it leaves me something to…

— Edward Albee

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to…

— Edward Albee

Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.

— Simon McBurney

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it…

— T. S. Eliot