Becomes Quote by Richard Greenberg

If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good…

— Noel Coward

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to…

— Mandy Patinkin

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

A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature of the…

— Edward Albee

In the thirties a whole school of criticism bogged down intellectually in those agitprop, social-realistic days. A play had to be progressive. A number…

— Edward Albee

The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of…

— Anonymous

There are two things that a playwright can have. Success or failure. I imagine there are dangers in both. Certainly the danger of being…

— Edward Albee

At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after the obligatory,…

— Lanford Wilson

A rather ugly thing starts happening: the playwright finds himself knocked down for works that quite often are just as good or better than…

— Edward Albee

A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this... but I would…

— Tim Minchin

If you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about the comedy…

— Edward Albee

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

— Ethel Merman