Theater Quotes

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

Authors on Theater

Enid Bagnold Howard Barker Robert Brustein Laura Dern Denis Diderot Vaclav Havel Robert Holman Samuel Johnson Barrie Keeffe John Mortimer Friedrich Schlegel J. M. Synge Gore Vidal Oscar Wilde