Communication Quote by Sam Shepard

When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play.

— Sam Shepard

In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough, you'll probably…

— David Mamet

I feel that when I began writing, I had a need to know more about the play before I got into it. I think…

— Tom Stoppard

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

The combination of what's written and just being in the moment is always the best way. You gotta start out with something solid and…

— Jim Carrey

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

I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur to me.…

— Richard Greenberg

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of…

— David Mamet

I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea…

— David Duchovny

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

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 write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in my life when I could have been inventing people…

— George Bernard Shaw