90 Quotes by Patrick Marber

Almost every play is 10, 15 minutes too long.

If I get anything out, producing anything, no matter whether it's good or not, I allow myself a little pat on the back.

When I'm on a train and see an empty pitch, it gives me a certain pleasure that I can't quite describe. It's to do with potential.

My life is in dialogue with the plays that I write. The relationship I have with my plays is very, very intimate, and I dot my life through them.

I don't feel so alive if I'm not being creative.

Oh, I would love to be in Don Juan's shoes for a weekend. Not that I was ever handsome enough to be a Don Juan.

When I couldn't write, I felt like a zombie.

Most of what I write is comedy.

I think I write serious comedies. I would love to be able to write for pure pleasure, but the undertow is always loneliness.