Choices Quote by Stephen Karam

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm…

— Stephen Karam

I'm still very much a believer in the spontaneity of certain kinds of writing. But then you have to eventually, when you're writing a…

— Sam Shepard

“Awful first drafts are fine—Agree with this. If you don’t finish something, you’ll never get in the game. Just quell the voice in your…

— Jamie Freveletti

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 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

I don't think I'll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I'd write plays even if they were never done again. You're at…

— Horton Foote

I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

— Jennifer Egan

Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I write, to…

— Matt de la Pena

“I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do--then go ahead and do it with…

— Tennessee Williams

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 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

Now I rewrite more and more severely, and I take great pleasure in cutting thousands of words out of first drafts; I think that's…

— Ramsey Campbell