Characters Quote by John Patrick Shanley

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

— Christian Camargo

Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody's encouraged to…

— Edward Albee

Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.

— Lynn Nottage

There's little money in theatre.

— Cyrus Broacha

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to…

— Beau Willimon

The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies - and…

— Matt Damon

It's difficult for writers in the theatre. It's difficult for writers in the theatre.

— Donna McKechnie

Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why…

— Sam Shepard

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

— Lillian Hellman

I think theatre is a democratic act and I think writing a play is not a democratic act. I think we should give writers…

— Sarah Ruhl

I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of…

— Ben Brantley

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the…

— Lee Hall