Frank D. Gilroy Quotes

United States, Playwright
October 13, 1925 – September, 12, 2015.

Frank Daniel Gilroy (October 13, 1925 – September 12, 2015) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Subject Was Roses in 1965.

Also known as Screenwriter, Film Producer, Director

I don't believe in updating. If a play works, it draws something from being true to its time.

Frank D. Gilroy
- Time
- Believe
- True
You're looking at a guy who has no reason to complain about anything.

Frank D. Gilroy
- Guy

You reach a time... when fact and fiction blend seamlessly. If you do it too soon, it's journalism. If you do it too late, you forget, and it's fantasy. There's an optimum time.

Frank D. Gilroy
- Time
I remember how I would wait for a play idea. I wasted a tremendous amount of time. I didn't realize that ideas could be made into movies or novels.

Frank D. Gilroy
- Time
- Remember
Young men who have been away, been to war, they are different when they come home.

Frank D. Gilroy
- Men
- Different
- Home
I'd like to walk into a room sometime and be introduced as the author of something other than that play. There's always one thing in a career that has more impact than anything else. In my case, 'The Subject Was Roses' was that thing.

Frank D. Gilroy
- Career
- Author
The way plays happen, at least with me, it's spontaneous combustion of things you've had in your head.

Frank D. Gilroy