Asks Quote by Lucy Prebble

I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of like ad-libbing…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

— David Mamet

“Write as an audience member. Write what you want to see, feel and hear.”

— Carol Hovsepian

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

— Dale Carnegie

“Everything begins by making your audience pay attention.”

— Darin Bradley

“Write and create what you really feel; it's the only way you can convince your audience that you're worth delving into.”

— Zack

As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the…

— Steve Bisley

I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and…

— Harold Pinter

You've got to write for your audience.

— John Ratzenberger

You just have to keep your head down and do your work and hope that audiences respond.

— Sarah Snook

I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're…

— Patrick deWitt

Know yourself -- and know your audience.

— Tennessee Ernie Ford