Bits Quote by Terry Riley

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

Plays were really my last option. The reason I didn't write plays initially was because I thought theatre was the worst of all the…

— Martin McDonagh

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

I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all…

— Christina Ricci

I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job.

— Christopher Parker

In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.

— Billy Strayhorn

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that…

— Franklin P. Adams

Doing a play is so fulfilling. Words cannot describe how I feel when I finish doing a play.

— Rutina Wesley

A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6 or 11…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background.…

— Anthony Hopkins

Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the free improvised…

— Derek Bailey

For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't…

— Sam Shepard