Book Quote by Stephen King

The books are recordings; that's what they have to be, recordings of the writing. They have to be happening to me.

— Tony Burgess

Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite…

— Bruce Springsteen

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think,…

— Peter Shaffer

“Films are for everyone, collective, generous, with children cheering when the cavalry arrives. And they're even better on TV: two can watch and comment.…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Novels are nothing but evolution, but there does come a point when that stops, and the story is sealed within the pages of the…

— Sarah Waters

I do think there's a relationship between a book and a reader that's more intimate, in many ways, than the relationship between an audience…

— Sarah Ruhl

When you got source material, whether it's a play or a book - a great writer often appreciates being adapted and developed. It's like…

— Jude Law

A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education.…

— John Lahr

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

Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.

— Carol Berg

I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't…

— Charlie Kaufman

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

— John Guare