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A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
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Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal books
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Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
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John Mortimer
John Mortimer books
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16 votes
Good drama must be drastic.
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Friedrich Schlegel
Friedrich Schlegel books
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6 votes
I just love, I love, I love movies.
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Laura Dern
Laura Dern books
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5 votes
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
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Howard Barker
Howard Barker books
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25 votes
I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
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Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel books
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13 votes
I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theatre.
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Barrie Keeffe
Barrie Keeffe books
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In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.
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J. M. Synge
J. M. Synge books
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The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, for we that live to please, must please to live.
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson books
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The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.
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Robert Holman
Robert Holman books
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9 votes
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot books
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66 votes
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde books
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The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
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Enid Bagnold
Enid Bagnold books
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29 votes
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
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Robert Brustein
Robert Brustein books
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21 votes