I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff. Laura Wade bottombunchcrazy Change image and share on social
I don't like writing with real people in mind. Laura Wade mindpeoplereal Change image and share on social
If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried. Laura Wade bodybookbookcase share on social
Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really easy confidence to them that draws people to them and makes their passage though the world a little easier. Laura Wade abilityanalyticcharm share on social
Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal. Laura Wade havekillerpersonal Change image and share on social
Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's told me. The process of it becoming fiction is expanding and extending it: stretching the rubber band of reality. Laura Wade bandexpandextend share on social
And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written. Laura Wade admitdirtyhave Change image and share on social
I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago. Laura Wade agogivegood Change image and share on social
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did. Laura Wade alienappallchild share on social