Beth Henley Quotes

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Beth Henley

Profession : Playwright

Birth : August 8, 1952

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.

Beth Henley

The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.

Beth Henley

The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.

Beth Henley

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department.

Beth Henley

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class.

Beth Henley