Better Quote by Tom Stoppard

You write a play mostly out of yourself. There's a need to get a certain thing down.

— Israel Horovitz

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it…

— Tennessee Williams

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of…

— Wallace Shawn

Writing a play, you have to retain it all in your head - you need more time. With prose, you can snatch an hour…

— Nell Leyshon

When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions -- that you have something to say, that you know how to say…

— Edward Albee

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 write short stories, and I wrote a play.

— Rita Dove

I've always written plays for the purpose of getting something out of my system.

— Wole Soyinka

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

— Billy Strayhorn

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

anyone who writes plays is unbelievably persistent, because there isn't a need in the world for plays. Somehow you internally have to feel a…

— Wendy Wasserstein

I don't really write for fun; it's not an enjoyable experience. For me, art, or whatever the hell it is I do, has always…

— Henry Rollins