There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.
I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart. - Terrence Mcnally
I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.
- Terrence Mcnally
Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do that… - Terrence Mcnally
Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do that…
There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them. - Terrence Mcnally
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone who liked my play. I … - Terrence Mcnally
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone who liked my play. I …
Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster. Writing has to be… - Terrence Mcnally
Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster. Writing has to be…
Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater. - Terrence Mcnally
Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater.
In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn't like Sutherland AND Callas. - Terrence Mcnally
In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn't like Sutherland AND Callas.
I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show … - Terrence Mcnally
I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show …
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cau… - Terrence Mcnally
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cau…
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