Arthur Quote by Meredith Willson

You know, most good playwrights write seven good plays and then something happens and after that they're crap.

— Sarah Kane

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

— Edward Albee

It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.

— Adam Brody

I'm not a theoretician about playwriting, but I have a strong sense that plays have to be pitched - the scene, the line, the…

— Tom Stoppard

I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.

— Greta Gerwig

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

The critics suppose that it is easy to write a play. They aren't aware that writing a good play is difficult and writing a…

— Anton Chekhov

Writing plays, I've always felt a little like I'm guessing - less sure of what's good and what's not good. I think that's because…

— Sheila Heti

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…

— Lee Hall

Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four…

— Stellan Skarsgard

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand

— Ethel Merman

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of…

— Wallace Shawn