Doing Quote by Libba Bray

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

— Christopher Durang

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

— P. J. Harvey

I designed a theater magazine that was full of plays and essays about the theater, and then I worked at a theater school. By…

— James Lapine

I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film…

— Tom Stoppard

I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

— Jerrika Hinton

I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a writer.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't…

— Charlie Kaufman

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

When I set out to write, I see it very visually. I almost feel like a reporter. I'm relating what I'm seeing and hearing,…

— Sandra Brown

I enjoy all forms of writing, but playwrighting is what made me what I am. Not only working with the ghosts of Chekhov and…

— John Logan

Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage,…

— Martin McDonagh

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