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Playwrights Quotes

All playwrights should be dead for three hundred years Picture Quote #1

... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius Picture Quote #1

Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists Picture Quote #1

All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors Picture Quote #1

Lou Tyrrell has created a theatre that is a safe haven for playwrights, a birthing center for new American writing. Arts Garage has created a vital, enthusiastic audience for theatre, music, painting and sculpture in Delray Beach Picture Quote #1

The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors Picture Quote #1

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The utmost I can bear for myself in my best days is that I was one of the hundred best playwrights in the world, which is hardly a supreme distinction Picture Quote #1

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time Picture Quote #1

You know, most good playwrights write seven good plays and then something happens and after that they’re crap Picture Quote #1

I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff Picture Quote #1

San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film - makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind Picture Quote #1

You have to have hope. It’s irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it’s irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of Picture Quote #1

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There are a number of contemporary playwrights whom I admire enormously, but that’s not at all the same thing as being influenced Picture Quote #1

I grew up when one of America’s greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in any of his straight-male plays. And then I see ‘Angels,’ which was so honest and painful, and it had this black drag queen in it, Belize, with a big heart. I finally had a character to relate to Picture Quote #1

With so many young playwrights, the true craft of writing for living voices is not what it used to be. They write for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts Picture Quote #1

As far as dramas are concerned, it’s considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand Picture Quote #1

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material Picture Quote #1

People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, stick things together looking for friction and energy. They were more like playwrights; they invented characters and wrote a life around them Picture Quote #1

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In my collection, to me at least, the theatre of the past lives again and those long-dead playwrights and actors have in me an enthralled audience of one, and I applaud them across the centuries Picture Quote #1

I’m inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I’m good at it Picture Quote #1

Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics Picture Quote #1

I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do Picture Quote #1

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and feelings. The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors Picture Quote #1

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell Picture Quote #1

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You have to have hope. It’s irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it’s irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of Picture Quote #1

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 that by speaking from the heart about the things that matter most to us. If a play isn’t worth dying for, maybe it isn’t worth writing Picture Quote #1

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It’s the difference between playwrights and novelists Picture Quote #1

Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts Picture Quote #1

I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given me so many wonderful roles. It’s a terrifying business, but it has its compensations. Where else could I have found someone who for 50 years has given me sheer enchantment? Picture Quote #1

We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on Picture Quote #1

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All playwrights should be dead for three hundred years (Playwrights Quotes) ... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius (Playwrights Quotes) Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists (Playwrights Quotes) All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors (Playwrights Quotes) Lou Tyrrell has created a theatre that is a safe haven for playwrights, a birthing center for new American writing. Arts Garage has created a vital, enthusiastic audience for theatre, music, painting and sculpture in Delray Beach (Playwrights Quotes) The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors (Playwrights Quotes) The utmost I can bear for myself in my best days is that I was one of the hundred best playwrights in the world, which is hardly a supreme distinction (Playwrights Quotes) Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time (Playwrights Quotes) You know, most good playwrights write seven good plays and then something happens and after that they’re crap (Playwrights Quotes) I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff (Playwrights Quotes) San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film - makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind (Playwrights Quotes) You have to have hope. It’s irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it’s irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of. (Playwrights Quotes) There are a number of contemporary playwrights whom I admire enormously, but that’s not at all the same thing as being influenced. (Playwrights Quotes) I grew up when one of America’s greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in any of his straight-male plays. And then I see ‘Angels,’ which was so honest and painful, and it had this black drag queen in it, Belize, with a big heart. I finally had a character to relate to. (Playwrights Quotes) With so many young playwrights, the true craft of writing for living voices is not what it used to be. They write for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts. (Playwrights Quotes) As far as dramas are concerned, it’s considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand. (Playwrights Quotes) I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material. (Playwrights Quotes) People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, stick things together looking for friction and energy. They were more like playwrights; they invented characters and wrote a life around them. (Playwrights Quotes) In my collection, to me at least, the theatre of the past lives again and those long-dead playwrights and actors have in me an enthralled audience of one, and I applaud them across the centuries (Playwrights Quotes) I’m inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I’m good at it (Playwrights Quotes) Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics (Playwrights Quotes) I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do (Playwrights Quotes) You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and feelings. The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors (Playwrights Quotes) Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell (Playwrights Quotes) You have to have hope. It’s irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it’s irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of (Playwrights Quotes) 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 that by speaking from the heart about the things that matter most to us. If a play isn’t worth dying for, maybe it isn’t worth writing (Playwrights Quotes) I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It’s the difference between playwrights and novelists (Playwrights Quotes) Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts (Playwrights Quotes) I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given me so many wonderful roles. It’s a terrifying business, but it has its compensations. Where else could I have found someone who for 50 years has given me sheer enchantment? (Playwrights Quotes) We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on (Playwrights Quotes)

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