Always Quote by Sarah Clarke

Writing plays, I've always felt a little like I'm guessing - less sure of what's good and what's not good. I think that's because…

— Sheila Heti

I just kind of like to feel myself into stuff by writing scenes and seeing what characters end up saying.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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 just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's…

— Sarah Shahi

In the two or three or four months that it takes me to write a play, I find that the reality of the play…

— Edward Albee

I never sat down and wrote, but what I do is kind of act as a dramaturge for the piece. I am sitting with…

— Larry Charles

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

For me, there's a bad year of getting started on something. You write bad stuff and it's awkward to throw it out, and you…

— Whit Stillman

It's got to be a challenge but at the same time you have to feel as though you can play them - it's really…

— Eric Bana

It's funny how that comes up, because sometimes I'll write something and I'll think, I don't know if that's a film or a play,…

— Neil LaBute

It's not very often that you get to come up with ideas and bring your take on the character and then actually have writers,…

— Madchen Amick

I don't play everything I write. I mean, everything I write is not that good. I bring out into the world the ones I…

— Mary Gauthier