Democratic Quote by Sarah Ruhl

Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why…

— Sam Shepard

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

The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters.

— John Patrick Shanley

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

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

It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be…

— Peter Dinklage

I'm excited about the idea of an act of theatre triggering a parallel creative act of writing.

— Tim Crouch

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

— Tom Stoppard

For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't…

— 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

I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a…

— Jason Robert Brown

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

— Tony Harrison