Play Quotes

There's no sauce for play like work.

I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.

When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions -- that you have something to say, that you know how to say it, that its worth saying, and that maybe someone will come along for the ride.

Arthur Miller once payed me a great compliment saying that my plays were 'necessary.' I will go one step further and say that Arthur's plays are 'essential'

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

If I've been accused a number of times of writing plays where the endings are ambivalent, indeed, that's the way I find life.

I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than the play's merits or demerits. They must search their own souls, or whatever.

What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.

In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.

An American religion: Work, play, breathe, bathe, study, live, laugh, and love.

The music I play and write is all reflective of myself and the experiences in my life. I feel like my whole journey is just collecting stories and songs along the way.

Revision plays a very large role in writing. Sometimes it seems to be all revision. And the longer I write, the more I revise-until it is completely right.

I'm addicted to working. I mean, I have a list of 100 countries I want to play in. I'm basically killing myself by travelling so much, for no reason whatsoever.

When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.

I usually only play with very close friends.

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.

Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.

I love to play the guitar. I also love photography and fashion.

I love to play bid whist as much as I love football.

I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening to Nirvana and wanted to play the guitar, so I ditched the violin.

Play along, the wink said. I'll get you out of this. At least Artemis hoped this was what his wink communicated and not something like 'Any chance of another kiss later?

She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.

To me, what you want to do is find a way to let this play out between the virtual world and the physical world...Ultimately, I think society will get there. It will be messy, but we'll get there.

perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.

I'll be glad to leave here. I feel like eating palm trees. I don't like this place. It's for people with arthritis. They come here to play golf and to die.

During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up, or I'll hum. I just play things that I think the audience will like.

I play the piano. I bought an upright piano that is actually electric, so I can practice my scales with headphones on and not make my neighbours' lives hell!

Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.

A game you play with your own worst enemy-yourself.

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.

I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.

I'm of two minds about doing any interviews these days. It seems a lot of the world is out to play gotcha with me. I guess they always go after people these days. It's sport.

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.

There's a certain kind of time that's metronomic, that's correct, but doesn't want you want to dance. It doesn't make you want to move, and it doesn't make you want to play.

It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.

For children, play is exceedingly seriously & important

I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player. (on signing for D.C. United)

One day the play ends and the screen goes blank. There is nothing. Everything returns to its original formlessness - and then another dream begins.

In the true man there is a child concealed who wants to play.

One of my favorite things about playing Avery Jennings on Dog With a Blog, is that I get to play a real teenager who deals with everyday issues.

I like to hike and play with my dogs and spend time with my family. We go out to family dinners a lot.

If you ever watch children play - what do you observe when you watch children play? You know, they're dead serious. They're not on vacation.

In mindfulness, breath can not play as not only reference point but point of view.

Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.

It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game's the thing.

If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.

My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.

Never underestimate the role pretension plays when it comes to creating euphemistic language.

I went in to play the most corrupt politician I could possibly think of [in "The Congressman"] and to do it with a certain kind of charm.

I'll play what you want or I won't play at all.