Change Quote by Stephen Karam

I'm still learning so much with every play I write. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts. I think you have…

— Stephen Karam

a really good play is ambiguous - which is exactly why it endures. Every succeeding generation develops theories about it. The play's words provide…

— Glenda Jackson

In my own writing, I've mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process.

— Matthea Harvey

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

Writing plays fast and loose with the past.

— Andre Aciman

A great many quite good plays could be performed with rhythmic howls in the place of dialogue and lose almost nothing by the change.

— Rebecca West

For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.

— Francoise Sagan

Everyone's taste is different. But I think the best way to defend against regrets after opening night is to try your best to tell…

— Stephen Karam

I started writing plays, but the fact that plays don't last forever was too much for me to bear.

— Lena Dunham

I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't…

— Wallace Shawn

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

In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough, you'll probably…

— David Mamet