My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.
Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.
You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won.
When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.
Anyone ever lost in the wild knows that nature wants you dead.
A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.