Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

It's the function of a playwright to write. Some playwrights write a large number of plays, some write a small number.

I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you.

The characters' lives have gone on before the moment you chose to have the action of the play begin. And their lives are going to go on after you have lowered the final curtain on the play, unless you've killed them off.

You want to dance with me, angel tits?

Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.

I imagine as an axiom you could say that the better the play, the less "creativity" the director need exert.