Communication Quote by Jack Thorne

I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself.

— Tom Stoppard

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 a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks…

— Iain Banks

You're talking to someone, to a reader, and you get to express in the way you want to. And you get to play with…

— Parker Posey

I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.

— Tom Stoppard

Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

— Tracy McMillan

The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably…

— Vin Scully

At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.

— Marsha Norman

It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I…

— Anna Kendrick

I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of what I…

— Ellen McLaughlin

anyone who writes plays is unbelievably persistent, because there isn't a need in the world for plays. Somehow you internally have to feel a…

— Wendy Wasserstein

When you're writing plays, it's possible to believe you don't have any real world skill. When you're adapting, it is really all about the…

— Richard Greenberg