Quotes by Playwrights

Men lie all the time. Sam Shepard

Time Lie Men

I try not to be in situations where I'm being grabbed at. For the most part, you can avoid them. Sam Shepard

You Try Part Most Grabbed Situations Being Where Them Avoid

I keep my horses out in the open, but when I was working the ranches, I had to clean the stalls. It was a horrible job. Sam Shepard

Job Out Horrible Clean Horses Open Had Working Keep

I don't attend costume parties. Sam Shepard

Costume Attend Parties

What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play. Sam Shepard

People Writing Important Something Supplying Idea Than Different After Play

To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot. Sam Shepard

Me Strong Sense Strong Sense Self Lot Believing

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this. Sam Shepard

Great Happy Directing Feels Doing Really

When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera. Sam Shepard

First Terrified Camera Film Started

You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie. Sam Shepard

You Money Write Make Doing Did Movie As Much Money Much Plays

I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it. Sarah Kane

Truth Tell See About Simply Trying Behaviour Human Human Behaviour

I'm not a brand name, I'm a person. Sarah Kane

Name Brand Person

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life. Sean O'Casey

The good thing is that life is sometimes a work in progress. Stephen Adly Guirgis

Life Work Good Progress Sometimes Good Thing Thing

I think anything that anyone writes that's any good is going to have a lot of autobiography. Stephen Adly Guirgis

Good Think Writes Lot Any Going Autobiography Anyone Anything

I've lived with women, loved women, lost women. They've loved me, lost me, whatever. Stephen Adly Guirgis

Me Women Lost Whatever Loved Lived

September 11 reinforced for me that whatever I'm writing about, it better be something that really matters to me because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. And for me it's stories about people in pain in New York. Stephen Adly Guirgis

I definitely prefer to write under my own volition and see what happens. Stephen Karam

Own Definitely See My Own Write Volition Happens Prefer

'The Cherry Orchard' is a masterpiece, and there can never be too many adaptations. Stephen Karam

Too Never Masterpiece Cherry Orchard Many Adaptation

I don't know how to produce work if it's not something that's deeply scaring me or troubling me. Stephen Karam

Work Me Scaring Something Troubling Know How Produce Deeply

I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on. Stephen Karam

Work Will Lose Control Worry Projects Over Get

When you're the artsy, weirdo, introverted outsider growing up, you don't fit into your community. Stephen Karam

You Community Introverted Outsider Weirdo Fit Up Your Growing Growing Up

Without a conscious effort, all of my plays have all featured gay characters. I'm proud of that. Stephen Karam

Gay Characters Featured Without Proud Effort Conscious Conscious Effort Plays