False hope Quote by Tony Kushner

There are two things that a playwright can have. Success or failure. I imagine there are dangers in both. Certainly the danger of being…

— Edward Albee

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

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I…

— Tom Stoppard

If the playwright is strong enough to hold on to reasonable objectivity in the face of either hostility or praise, he'll do his work…

— Edward Albee

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

— Tony Kushner

Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all American Playwrights…

— Peter Stone

To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give…

— Ted Lange

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg.

— John Guare

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

It's a lucky life to be a playwright.

— John Guare

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