24 Quotes by David Ives

Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings.

I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft.

Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.

With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.

This documentary is the first attempt since 1957 to revisit the thoughts and ideas of Albert Schweitzer using the technological tools of today. It is also an attempt to make Schweitzer understandable to the youth of today using a medium through which they are used to receiving and processing information.

I hoped that students would emotionally connect to the people and problems they saw around them and want to do something about it.

The goal of the conference is to revive the interest and knowledge about Albert Schweitzer and the humanitarian values he promoted.

I’ve taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft.

All reviews should carry a Surgeon General’s warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.