“A dramatist is a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom.”
Kenneth Tynan
“When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.”
Cedric Hardwicke
“DRAMATIST, n. One who adapts plays from the French.”
Ambrose Bierce
“I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre.”
Howard Barker
“The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.”
Henry James
“Putting these criminals behind bars is the only way to stop these Peeping Tom marauders who not only violate our privacy but also our safety.”
Sen. Dave Aronberg
“I remember, I remember, / The house where I was born, / The little window where the sun / Came peeping in at morn.”
Thomas Hood
