Character Quote by Terry Pratchett

I had to push exposition through dialogue, which is really, really hard for an actor do.

— Taylor Sheridan

Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.

— Stephen Sondheim

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady

I look for absurdly simple plots so that I can simply focus on the characters. Having an understanding of what dialogue's easy to say…

— Taylor Sheridan

“This is the thing that takes me longest of all when I'm beginning a novel, to work out what the limits are, what the…

— Philip Pullman

Dialogue is character and character is plot.

— George V

My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the…

— George Burns

The monologue is one of the most difficult and interesting forms of theatre for an actor to learn.

— Pratik Gandhi

What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry on. I…

— Stephen Sondheim

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of…

— David Mamet

...every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.

— Graham Greene

Always get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off…

— P. G. Wodehouse