Idea Quote by Sam Shepard

The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my…

— Mandy Patinkin

Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.

— Andy Summers

I am trying to write a play that is big and I feel represents me - that's my big ambition.

— Jack Thorne

I think that it's worthwhile to explore the ways in which you write the person that's writing your plays as opposed to simply assuming…

— Tony Kushner

You write a play mostly out of yourself. There's a need to get a certain thing down.

— Israel Horovitz

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it…

— Tennessee Williams

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

If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way…

— Norbert Leo Butz

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…

— Terrence McNally

Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for,…

— Tom Stoppard

I think what helps me when I'm working on a play, any play, is the degree to which the writer has truly visualized, and…

— Jeffrey DeMunn

Writing a play, you have to retain it all in your head - you need more time. With prose, you can snatch an hour…

— Nell Leyshon