Crosses Quote by George Bernard Shaw

I had stopped writing plays set in villages because they were not relevant to my experiences and I knew my English classmates wouldn't appreciate…

— Sefi Atta

I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I…

— Wallace Shawn

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

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write…

— Mark Rylance

Each play I write has its own unique origin story.

— Lynn Nottage

I want to write a play. I'd like to do an original musical. I should probably put together a poetry collection.

— Neil Gaiman

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on…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 was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they…

— Sefi Atta

I write plays about big, intense subjects.

— Anna Deavere Smith

I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and in your…

— Sebastian Barry

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

— Taiye Selasi

I would like to write a play.

— Tim Rice