Actor Quote by Sam Shepard

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to…

— Beau Willimon

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

It's very hard to be a playwright because it's very competitive.

— Jesse Eisenberg

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

— Katori Hall

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg.

— John Guare

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

— Beth Henley

It's a lucky life to be a playwright.

— John Guare

Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort…

— David Ives

I'm not a playwright.

— Bob Dylan

One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t, not a…

— Simon McBurney

'American Playhouse' is very supportive of writers. That's really why writers like to write for 'American Playhouse' for very little money. They care about…

— Terrence McNally

In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down…

— Tracy Letts