Playwright Quote by Mae West

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 think a playwright must be his own dramaturg.

— John Guare

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

— Katori Hall

I know too many playwrights, or would-be playwrights, or would-have-been playwrights, that are around my age, who were bitter or have gone to something…

— Jennifer Tipton

I'm not a playwright. The people in my songs are all me.

— Bob Dylan

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

My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I love Tennessee Williams; as a playwright, he's so poetic.

— Matthew Bourne

The one living playwright I admire without any reservation whatsoever is Samuel Beckett. I have funny feelings about almost all the others.

— Edward Albee

I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.

— August Strindberg

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

— Beth Henley

I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.

— Eva Mendes