Art Quote by Martin McDonagh

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

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays

— Beth Henley

I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.

— Eugene Ionesco

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

— David Hare

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

I started writing plays, but the fact that plays don't last forever was too much for me to bear.

— Lena Dunham

I always loved theater and acting in plays and directing, writing little plays and directing friends in plays.

— Todd Haynes

Ive been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.

— Sam Shepard

Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why…

— Sam Shepard

I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it.…

— Idina Menzel

I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love…

— Zoe Kazan

I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.

— Sam Shepard