George Pierce Baker

“There is a great difference between a play which is all talk and a play which is all action.”

“The first duty of a play is to be interesting.”

“The only way to write a play is to write it.”

“Sentimentality is the refuge of the incompetent.”

“The audience is the final collaborator.”

“You can't teach people to write plays. You can only give them an opportunity to learn.”

“The dramatist must be a poet, but he must be a poet in action.”

“A play is not a static thing, but a dynamic thing.”