Books Quote by Jack Thorne

I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it.

— Conor McPherson

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.

— James Merrill

My first play was 'The Room', written when I was twenty-seven.

— Harold Pinter

I wrote my first play when I was eight.

— Pam Gems

I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as much when…

— Jake M. Johnson

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go…

— Santiago Cabrera

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.

— Kenneth Tynan

I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote…

— Zoe Kazan

I wrote two plays before I was cast on 'The Neighbors.' They actually got published, which was cool.

— Clara Mamet

As a teenager, I wanted to write novels. By college, it was theater, plays, and then, shortly, it was film.

— Richard Linklater

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays

— Beth Henley