Top Playwright Quotes

I am a playwright who does not write comedies, or tragedies.

...and tell you the worst of me and try to give you the best of me...

Playwright Definition

(n.) A maker or adapter of plays.

My early attempts writing plays, which are very poetic, did not use the language that I work in now. I didn't recognize the poetry in everyday language of black America. I thought I had to change it t...

I crave for knowledge. I envy tolerant, peaceful folks. I am frightened by ignorance. I loathe violence.

Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other. Though it is irregular, it is less boring this way, and besides, neither of the...