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Tom Stoppard Quotes

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really Picture Quote #1

I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn’t ever get to meet Picture Quote #1

I’m so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn’t happen very often. I don’t have unwritten plays waiting for their turn Picture Quote #1

My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it Picture Quote #1

Theater is still a medium which attracts young writers. You’d think that it would be all over by now, with television and film. But it’s not Picture Quote #1

I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation Picture Quote #1

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I’ve seldom minded other people’s opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I’ve seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean Picture Quote #1

I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of it, really, and getting recognised by the small number of people that know what you did Picture Quote #1

As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that Picture Quote #1

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all Picture Quote #1

If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There’s a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play Picture Quote #1

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style Picture Quote #1

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I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love, above all. Love as there has never been in a play. Unbiddable, ungovernable, like a riot in the heart and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture Picture Quote #1

The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. strangely enough it all works out in the end... it’s a mystery Picture Quote #1

Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. You’d have a chance at least. You could lie there thinking: Well, at least I’m not dead Picture Quote #1

... and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute Picture Quote #1

It’s no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst Picture Quote #1

When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore Picture Quote #1

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He’s never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about Picture Quote #1

The colours red, blue and green are real. The colour yellow is a mystical experience shared by everybody Picture Quote #1

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself Picture Quote #1

I love love. I love having a lover and being one. The insularity of passion. I love it. I love the way it blurs the distinction between everyone who isn’t one’s lover Picture Quote #1

You think human nature is a beast, that it must be put in a cage. But it’s the cage that makes the animal bad Picture Quote #1

It’s the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong Picture Quote #1

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Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef Picture Quote #1

Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in Picture Quote #1

We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good’s a brick to a drowning man? Picture Quote #1

All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque Picture Quote #1

I’ve lost all capacity for disbelief. I’m not sure that I could even rise to a little gentle scepticism Picture Quote #1

A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin Picture Quote #1

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I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn’t ever get to meet (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I’m so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn’t happen very often. I don’t have unwritten plays waiting for their turn (Tom Stoppard Quotes) My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Theater is still a medium which attracts young writers. You’d think that it would be all over by now, with television and film. But it’s not (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I’ve seldom minded other people’s opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I’ve seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of it, really, and getting recognised by the small number of people that know what you did (Tom Stoppard Quotes) As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that (Tom Stoppard Quotes) For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all (Tom Stoppard Quotes) If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There’s a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play (Tom Stoppard Quotes) We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love, above all. Love as there has never been in a play. Unbiddable, ungovernable, like a riot in the heart and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture (Tom Stoppard Quotes) The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. strangely enough it all works out in the end... it’s a mystery (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. You’d have a chance at least. You could lie there thinking: Well, at least I’m not dead (Tom Stoppard Quotes) ... and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute (Tom Stoppard Quotes) It’s no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst (Tom Stoppard Quotes) When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore (Tom Stoppard Quotes) He’s never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about (Tom Stoppard Quotes) The colours red, blue and green are real. The colour yellow is a mystical experience shared by everybody (Tom Stoppard Quotes) A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I love love. I love having a lover and being one. The insularity of passion. I love it. I love the way it blurs the distinction between everyone who isn’t one’s lover (Tom Stoppard Quotes) You think human nature is a beast, that it must be put in a cage. But it’s the cage that makes the animal bad (Tom Stoppard Quotes) It’s the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in (Tom Stoppard Quotes) We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good’s a brick to a drowning man? (Tom Stoppard Quotes) All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I’ve lost all capacity for disbelief. I’m not sure that I could even rise to a little gentle scepticism (Tom Stoppard Quotes) A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin (Tom Stoppard Quotes)

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