“DRAMATIST, n. One who adapts plays from the French.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Mes poumons sont remplis de l'air pur mon esprit est ouvert et libéré, la sérénité remplit tous les pores de mon âme, un sentiment de libération!”
Jacob Mahurien
“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
“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
“A dramatist is a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom.”
Kenneth Tynan
“The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.”
Henry James
“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean
