Although Quote by Lajos Egri

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

— Tom Stoppard

“The definition of a premise is something that is to be taken without the need for proof.”

— Katherine Woodward Thomas

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

I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue.

— John Steinbeck

When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions -- that you have something to say, that you know how to say…

— Edward Albee

I'm not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people.

— Alan Bennett

One of the most powerful lessons I learned is when you make an argument in a film, you have to make sure both characters…

— Justin Simien

As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can't write a play.

— David Hare

I think my play speaks for itself.

— Marcus Smart

If you pick up an eighteenth-century play, at the top it says 'The Argument,' and then you have a list of characters, and then…

— Damian Lewis

I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.

— Tom Selleck

“If you wish to convince people of something, it is more useful to be entertaining than to be right.”

— Abhimanyu Jha