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Peter Shaffer Quotes

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own Picture Quote #1

I discover what I mean as I write. That can be both terrifically exciting and very dangerous, because when you look at your words later, you wonder, ‘Did I really mean that, or am I just making verbal patterns?’ Picture Quote #1

I’ve seen the most remarkable thing. It’s in the New York Public Library. They’ve got the original typescript of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ - all four acts of it Picture Quote #1

The men climb the andes Picture Quote #1

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That’s not love, it’s just rubbish Picture Quote #1

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own Picture Quote #1

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Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It’s the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play Picture Quote #1

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... That was the other great lesson that the Royal Hunt of the Sun taught me, it was the profundity that masked drama can achieve, that of course, the audience were not seeing masks moving at all Picture Quote #1

It’s an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn’t... not only bore me, that’s too strong a word Picture Quote #1

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it Picture Quote #1

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character Picture Quote #1

Love is the only doorway from the prison of ourselves Picture Quote #1

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Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art Picture Quote #1

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it? Picture Quote #1

You have your words, and I have mine Picture Quote #1

You can’t always let people do their own thing Picture Quote #1

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process Picture Quote #1

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious Picture Quote #1

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I was an accomplice in my own frustration Picture Quote #1

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything Picture Quote #1

A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave Picture Quote #1

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses Picture Quote #1

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization, is very, very valuable for a playwright, a budding playwright Picture Quote #1

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint Picture Quote #1

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I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared to me, a land of promise in every sense of that word, a land of freedom from the inhibitions and restrictions that I felt in England Picture Quote #1

Can you think of anything worse one can do to anybody than take away their worship? Picture Quote #1

The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you Picture Quote #1

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right Picture Quote #1

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he’s writing about. I think, you just can’t move them about, you know Picture Quote #1

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did Picture Quote #1

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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I discover what I mean as I write. That can be both terrifically exciting and very dangerous, because when you look at your words later, you wonder, ‘Did I really mean that, or am I just making verbal patterns?’ (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I’ve seen the most remarkable thing. It’s in the New York Public Library. They’ve got the original typescript of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ - all four acts of it. (Peter Shaffer Quotes) The men climb the andes (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That’s not love, it’s just rubbish (Peter Shaffer Quotes) But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It’s the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play (Peter Shaffer Quotes) They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... That was the other great lesson that the Royal Hunt of the Sun taught me, it was the profundity that masked drama can achieve, that of course, the audience were not seeing masks moving at all (Peter Shaffer Quotes) It’s an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn’t... not only bore me, that’s too strong a word (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Love is the only doorway from the prison of ourselves (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art (Peter Shaffer Quotes) What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it? (Peter Shaffer Quotes) You have your words, and I have mine (Peter Shaffer Quotes) You can’t always let people do their own thing (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Librarians as a race tend to be tedious (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I was an accomplice in my own frustration (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything (Peter Shaffer Quotes) A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave (Peter Shaffer Quotes) It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization, is very, very valuable for a playwright, a budding playwright (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared to me, a land of promise in every sense of that word, a land of freedom from the inhibitions and restrictions that I felt in England (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Can you think of anything worse one can do to anybody than take away their worship? (Peter Shaffer Quotes) The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you (Peter Shaffer Quotes) Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he’s writing about. I think, you just can’t move them about, you know (Peter Shaffer Quotes) I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did (Peter Shaffer Quotes)

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