You write a play mostly out of yourself. There's a need to get a certain thing down.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for, so I'd better do it.
I write short stories, and I wrote a play.
I've always written plays for the purpose of getting something out of my system.
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life.
I've never written a play before, and I'll never write one again. You can quote me.
I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur to me. And I still write on a typewriter. It's not all in ether. It's on pages. I sequence them in a way that tends to make sense. Then I write what's missing, and that's my first draft.
I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation.
I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.
Choosing to write a play is some kind of surrender. I don't make an outline. I sit and work, and suddenly the door opens, and out it comes.
I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it means.