"I don't want to be a playwright, I……" — Sam Shepard

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• Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters… — J. J. Abrams
• A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially… — Russell Baker
• Being a playwright is like the equivalent of doing a jigsaw puzzle that has 1,500 pieces, and it's a jigsaw… — Lewis Black
• I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical… — Orlando Bloom
• Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create,… — Maya Angelou
• I took a page from [the playwright] Wendy Wasserstein's book. She said 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.' — Sarah Jessica Parker
• Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of… — Ursula K. Le Guin
• As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand — Ethel Merman
• Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The… — Howard Zinn
• Eyeing the traffic circulating the lobby hung with bad art. Big invasive stuff unloaded on Stanley Bard in exchange for… — Patti Smith
• I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the… — Skylar Astin
• A playwright... is... the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the… — Arthur Miller

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