Alike Quote by Lajos Egri

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in…

— Vivien Leigh

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create…

— John Guare

A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.

— Eric Bentley

To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.

— Edward Albee

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg.

— John Guare

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I…

— Tom Stoppard

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

— Edward Albee

I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because in the…

— Edward Albee

On occasion, a well-constructed drama can do what no reality or news program can do, what Shakespeare does brilliantly, is it can show both…

— Mandy Patinkin

If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his perspective; each…

— Joyce Carol Oates

One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations.

— Tracy Letts

Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two or three…

— Al Pacino