Air Quote by Sam Shepard

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the…

— Lee Hall

Writing for theatre is certainly different to writing an essay or any other kind of fiction or prose: it's physical. You're also telling a…

— Sam Shepard

The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies - and…

— Matt Damon

If you're a playwright, unless you're really lacking in get-up-and-go, you can always get your play up somewhere. You can't necessarily make a living…

— Tony Kushner

Theatre can entertain, provoke, challenge, investigate, comfort and educate. It's arrogant of a playwright to think education is more important than anything else. Writing…

— Alistair Beaton

Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.

— Alice Ripley

It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the…

— Laura Wade

A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education.…

— John Lahr

Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with…

— David Ives

The excitement of theatre is palpable but the frustrations, and the complete absence of a definitive evening - the play as text means practically…

— Don DeLillo

I've had a long association with the theater over the years but I had never produced a play and it was something that I'd…

— Colin Callender

I think theatre is a democratic act and I think writing a play is not a democratic act. I think we should give writers…

— Sarah Ruhl