Arbitrary Quote by Tennessee Williams

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…

— Terrence McNally

The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it…

— Leo Kottke

I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment…

— Edward Albee

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

— Tony Kushner

A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature of the…

— Edward Albee

To be honest, I am not theatre-trained and though I am confident in my skill set, to do theatre requires a better-tuned set of…

— Tamlyn Tomita

My style as a human being is to indulge people who need to escape, yet I insist on confronting them as a playwright. It's…

— Wallace Shawn

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

Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character…

— Dan Amboyer

I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time. Even though it's only 200 people in the audience, and a movie…

— Joel Kinnaman

There are lots of young vital playwrights who are experimenting, and these are the plays that people who are interested in the theatre should…

— Edward Albee

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to…

— Olivia Williams