Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Quote by Peter Shaffer

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It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I...

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.