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Playwriting Quotes

Playwriting isn’t a calling so much as it is a hazing process Picture Quote #1

When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn’t have studied it even if I had heard of it Picture Quote #1

I’m not a theoretician about playwriting, but I have a strong sense that plays have to be pitched - the scene, the line, the word - at the exact point where the audience has just the right amount of information. It’s like Occam’s razor Picture Quote #1

When I got out of undergrad, I had a degree in theater and telecommunications. My first job, I was a news reporter for the local stories for NPR. Then I was a country-western DJ. I did data entry for a yearbook company. In my mid-20s I went back to grad school at NYU, and I specialized in playwriting Picture Quote #1

I’ve only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays 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

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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

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can’t stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to 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 me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don’t have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play Picture Quote #1

Playwriting is all about empathy, getting inside the head of someone who is not you, to think like they think without judging them Picture Quote #1

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My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me Picture Quote #1

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays Picture Quote #1

I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn’t do it, but I don’t love the theater as much as I love movies Picture Quote #1

Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting Picture Quote #1

I’ve taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft Picture Quote #1

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Playwriting isn’t a calling so much as it is a hazing process (Playwriting Quotes) When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn’t have studied it even if I had heard of it (Playwriting Quotes) I’m not a theoretician about playwriting, but I have a strong sense that plays have to be pitched - the scene, the line, the word - at the exact point where the audience has just the right amount of information. It’s like Occam’s razor. (Playwriting Quotes) When I got out of undergrad, I had a degree in theater and telecommunications. My first job, I was a news reporter for the local stories for NPR. Then I was a country-western DJ. I did data entry for a yearbook company. In my mid-20s I went back to grad school at NYU, and I specialized in playwriting. (Playwriting Quotes) I’ve only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays (Playwriting 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. (Playwriting 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. (Playwriting Quotes) Playwriting gets into your blood and you can’t stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to (Playwriting 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 (Playwriting 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 (Playwriting Quotes) 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 have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play (Playwriting Quotes) Playwriting is all about empathy, getting inside the head of someone who is not you, to think like they think without judging them (Playwriting Quotes) My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me (Playwriting Quotes) I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays (Playwriting Quotes) I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn’t do it, but I don’t love the theater as much as I love movies (Playwriting Quotes) Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting (Playwriting Quotes) I’ve taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft (Playwriting Quotes)