Able Quote by George Burns

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of…

— David Mamet

I didn't really have a major role in how it was described. I wanted it to be a collection of essays where each storyline…

— Chelsea Martin

Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could…

— Frank Wildhorn

My job as an actor is to just tell the story as best I can from my character's point of view and let the…

— Sebastian Stan

The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time.…

— Linda Lavin

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

— Nina Tassler

All we think about is how to keep the audience engaged, and normally we're big on plot because that's the easy way to do…

— Ethan Coen

I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story.

— John Tiffany

I'm a big believer in making sure that action is not confusing and the audience understands what the characters are up to and what…

— David Nutter

When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play. I could write dialogue, but I just sort of failed beyond…

— Sam Shepard

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little…

— Sheila Heti

I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for is talked…

— Jay Ellis