Quotes by Playwrights

I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays. David Lindsay-Abaire

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I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had. David Lindsay-Abaire

People Had Know Worked Really Hard Who Even Harder Chances

We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is. David Lindsay-Abaire

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I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break. David Lindsay-Abaire

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I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist. David Lindsay-Abaire

Work Lyricist Musical Want

In politics, victory is never total. Donald Freed

Politics Victory Total Never

My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.' Donald Freed

Peace Mother Path Say Always Used

In the '20s and '30s, there were these musicals either set on college campuses or based on classical stories, so any of the Rodgers and Hart musicals certainly influenced me. I was definitely influenced by any of the 'Porgy' songs; I was influenced by 'American Pie.' Douglas Carter Beane

I think it's a very ephemeral thing, what makes a show a success. Douglas Carter Beane

Success Think Makes Very Ephemeral Show Thing

Dietz and Schwartz have sort of fallen by the wayside a little bit, and they are up there with Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. They are the finest of the revue composers - their stuff is so good and so strong. Douglas Carter Beane

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I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure. Douglas Carter Beane

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We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history. Edward Bond

History People Living Scars Still Hiroshima

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism. Edward Bond

Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur. Edward Bond

Occur Auschwitz Tragedy Cannot Place Which

The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks. Edward Bond

Theatre Our Greeks

At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive. Edward Bond

Theatre Does Turn Century

First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people. Edward Bond

Theatre People Animals First Devil Then Now Need

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it. Edward Bond

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I'm interested in the real world. Edward Bond

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I'm not interested in an imaginary world. Edward Bond

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