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Playwright Quotes

It’s very hard to be a playwright because it’s very competitive Picture Quote #1

I’m an actor and a playwright, and I don’t earn much Picture Quote #1

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist Picture Quote #1

It’s an odd mix, the life of a playwright Picture Quote #1

A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to be a playwright Picture Quote #1

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I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good Picture Quote #1

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut Picture Quote #1

You can’t make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by Picture Quote #1

The person I would trust the most is my mom. She’s just really creative... She’s a playwright and she’s a musician Picture Quote #1

I want to be a playwright the way people are bank tellers. I want to keep doing it and have it go steadily and smoothly Picture Quote #1

I’m a black American playwright. I couldn’t be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they’re all cut out of the same cloth. That’s who I am; that’s who I write about Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes we go to a play and after the curtain has been up five minutes we have a sense of being able to settle back in the arms of the playwright. Instinctively we know that the playwright knows his business Picture Quote #1

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play Picture Quote #1

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses Picture Quote #1

African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka Picture Quote #1

Being a playwright of any race is difficult, and Lord knows it gets more difficult the further you get from the middle of the road. I don’t know what kind of magic my mojo is working, but it’s working Picture Quote #1

Any part I do is a marriage of the words - what the playwright or producer or show runner’s vision is - to how I would play it. It took me a while to get rid of ‘Oh, they want it this way, so I’m going to do it how they want it.’ Picture Quote #1

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I started in theater and I wanted to write plays, but I never really found an original voice as a playwright Picture Quote #1

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create what they need Picture Quote #1

There’s no American playwright after 1945 who wasn’t profoundly affected - who didn’t have their DNA changed by Tennessee Williams Picture Quote #1

[Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience would have seen at least one of his plays Picture Quote #1

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute Picture Quote #1

From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero Picture Quote #1

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Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square Picture Quote #1

We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage Picture Quote #1

I was a writer. I just wasn’t a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I’d be a better actor than I would a playwright Picture Quote #1

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn’t expect it to be a career because I didn’t believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn’t feel particularly lucky Picture Quote #1

For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of the politically engaged artist, someone who uses her creative brilliance to illuminate injustice and give voice to the voiceless Picture Quote #1

If I’d seen a playwright ever write an’ play at the same time, I’d have given ‘em more of a chance at cards. Can I get an ‘amen?’ Picture Quote #1

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It’s very hard to be a playwright because it’s very competitive (Playwright Quotes) I’m an actor and a playwright, and I don’t earn much (Playwright Quotes) I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist (Playwright Quotes) It’s an odd mix, the life of a playwright (Playwright Quotes) A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor (Playwright Quotes) I never wanted to be a playwright (Playwright Quotes) I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good. (Playwright Quotes) An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut (Playwright Quotes) You can’t make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by (Playwright Quotes) The person I would trust the most is my mom. She’s just really creative... She’s a playwright and she’s a musician (Playwright Quotes) I want to be a playwright the way people are bank tellers. I want to keep doing it and have it go steadily and smoothly. (Playwright Quotes) I’m a black American playwright. I couldn’t be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they’re all cut out of the same cloth. That’s who I am; that’s who I write about. (Playwright Quotes) Sometimes we go to a play and after the curtain has been up five minutes we have a sense of being able to settle back in the arms of the playwright. Instinctively we know that the playwright knows his business (Playwright Quotes) The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play (Playwright Quotes) It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses (Playwright Quotes) African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka (Playwright Quotes) Being a playwright of any race is difficult, and Lord knows it gets more difficult the further you get from the middle of the road. I don’t know what kind of magic my mojo is working, but it’s working (Playwright Quotes) Any part I do is a marriage of the words - what the playwright or producer or show runner’s vision is - to how I would play it. It took me a while to get rid of ‘Oh, they want it this way, so I’m going to do it how they want it.’ (Playwright Quotes) I started in theater and I wanted to write plays, but I never really found an original voice as a playwright (Playwright Quotes) I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create what they need (Playwright Quotes) There’s no American playwright after 1945 who wasn’t profoundly affected - who didn’t have their DNA changed by Tennessee Williams (Playwright Quotes) [Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience would have seen at least one of his plays (Playwright Quotes) A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute (Playwright Quotes) From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero (Playwright Quotes) Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square (Playwright Quotes) We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage (Playwright Quotes) I was a writer. I just wasn’t a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I’d be a better actor than I would a playwright (Playwright Quotes) I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn’t expect it to be a career because I didn’t believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn’t feel particularly lucky. (Playwright Quotes) For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of the politically engaged artist, someone who uses her creative brilliance to illuminate injustice and give voice to the voiceless. (Playwright Quotes) If I’d seen a playwright ever write an’ play at the same time, I’d have given ‘em more of a chance at cards. Can I get an ‘amen?’ (Playwright Quotes)

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