David Ives

“What's the difference between a problem and a puzzle? A puzzle has a solution.”

“There's no such thing as a mistake. It's all part of the universal plan. Or maybe the universal chaos.”

“Welcome to the Philadelphia. It's the same as the old Philadelphia, of course, except that now... it's a completely different Philadelphia.”

“Words, words, words. I'm so sick of words.”

“This is the express line. The one that goes straight to hell.”

“If you're not in love, you're not alive.”

“I just think it's a universal truth that you are a writer, or you are not. And if you are a writer, you will write. There's nothing you can do about it.”

“The one-act is a splendid form, and it's a difficult form. I think it's a good way to learn how to write.”

“Comedy is just a funny way of being serious.”

“A playwright is a writer who lets his characters speak for him.”

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”

“The bell is a pedagogical tool. It is an instrument of persuasion.”