Frank D. Gilroy

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. ”

Young men who have been away, been to war, they are different when they come home. ”

You're looking at a guy who has no reason to complain about anything. ”

I think of myself as a storyteller. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”