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Playwright Quotes

If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he’s serious, they look for a joke Picture Quote #1

With a stage play, they can’t cut a word; you can be in rehearsals every day, you cast it, you cast the director, too; the amount of control for a playwright is almost infinite, so you have that control over the finished product Picture Quote #1

I enjoy all forms of writing, but playwrighting is what made me what I am. Not only working with the ghosts of Chekhov and Ibsen and Shakespeare, but what it is to be a playwright, to be interacting with human beings in the live theater and affect people on such a direct, emotional level Picture Quote #1

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier Picture Quote #1

Tom Stoppard, the English-speaking world’s brainiest playwright, thinks that British audiences have grown too dumb to understand his plays Picture Quote #1

The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience Picture Quote #1

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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

Necessarily, I’m always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike Picture Quote #1

I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innumerable exchanges with brilliant classmates, among them the playwright Ralph Allen, the classics scholar Robert Fagles, and the composer Michael Sahl Picture Quote #1

My plays aren’t stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental Picture Quote #1

When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That’s my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy Picture Quote #1

Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although ‘Tsotsi’ the book was written in the 60s, it was only published in the 80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance 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

A statesman who confines himself to popular legislation - or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays - is like a blind man’s dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place Picture Quote #1

I can write better plays than any living danced, and dance better than any living playwright 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

When Jennie, mother of Winston Churchill invited playwright George Bernard Shaw to lunch, he telegraphed: Certainly not. What have I done to provoke such an attack on my well-known habits? She replied, Know nothing of your habits; hope they are better than your manners Picture Quote #1

One of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer Picture Quote #1

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When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have Picture Quote #1

When you tell people you’re a playwright, their eyes sort of glaze over. But when you say you write the ‘Fantastic Four’ or ‘Spider-Man,’ they perk up. It’s a touchstone that has gained more credibility as artistic expression Picture Quote #1

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays Picture Quote #1

Lighting is not about function. It’s much more about the mood and the emotion that the playwright and the director are trying to create. Our job is to support their poetic direction Picture Quote #1

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has ever exercised such absolute authority to arrange a stage or field of battle and to command such unswervingly dutiful actors or troops Picture Quote #1

I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the playwright. So I am, of course, a huge fan of scripted everything Picture Quote #1

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I don’t want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star Picture Quote #1

No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I’d just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer Picture Quote #1

The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart Picture Quote #1

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it? Picture Quote #1

I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form Picture Quote #1

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage Picture Quote #1

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If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he’s serious, they look for a joke. (Playwright Quotes) With a stage play, they can’t cut a word; you can be in rehearsals every day, you cast it, you cast the director, too; the amount of control for a playwright is almost infinite, so you have that control over the finished product. (Playwright Quotes) I enjoy all forms of writing, but playwrighting is what made me what I am. Not only working with the ghosts of Chekhov and Ibsen and Shakespeare, but what it is to be a playwright, to be interacting with human beings in the live theater and affect people on such a direct, emotional level. (Playwright Quotes) The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier. (Playwright Quotes) Tom Stoppard, the English-speaking world’s brainiest playwright, thinks that British audiences have grown too dumb to understand his plays. (Playwright Quotes) The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience. (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) Necessarily, I’m always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike. (Playwright Quotes) I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innumerable exchanges with brilliant classmates, among them the playwright Ralph Allen, the classics scholar Robert Fagles, and the composer Michael Sahl. (Playwright Quotes) My plays aren’t stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental. (Playwright Quotes) When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That’s my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy. (Playwright Quotes) Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although ‘Tsotsi’ the book was written in the 60s, it was only published in the 80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance. (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) A statesman who confines himself to popular legislation - or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays - is like a blind man’s dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place. (Playwright Quotes) I can write better plays than any living danced, and dance better than any living playwright (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) When Jennie, mother of Winston Churchill invited playwright George Bernard Shaw to lunch, he telegraphed: Certainly not. What have I done to provoke such an attack on my well-known habits? She replied, Know nothing of your habits; hope they are better than your manners. (Playwright Quotes) One of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer (Playwright Quotes) When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have (Playwright Quotes) When you tell people you’re a playwright, their eyes sort of glaze over. But when you say you write the ‘Fantastic Four’ or ‘Spider-Man,’ they perk up. It’s a touchstone that has gained more credibility as artistic expression. (Playwright Quotes) One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays (Playwright Quotes) Lighting is not about function. It’s much more about the mood and the emotion that the playwright and the director are trying to create. Our job is to support their poetic direction (Playwright Quotes) The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has ever exercised such absolute authority to arrange a stage or field of battle and to command such unswervingly dutiful actors or troops (Playwright Quotes) I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the playwright. So I am, of course, a huge fan of scripted everything (Playwright Quotes) I don’t want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star (Playwright Quotes) No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I’d just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer (Playwright Quotes) The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart (Playwright Quotes) If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it? (Playwright Quotes) I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form (Playwright Quotes) Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage (Playwright Quotes)

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