When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.' — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“I have three copies of the first edition, which sold in double figures, speaking loosely; there was a moment when Blond's 'Lord… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Like many people, I only knew of Ford Madox Ford through a book called 'The Good Soldier,' which is everybody's favorite Ford… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
With plays that require any kind of reading program, I'm reading for a couple of years before using the material. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“LADY CROOM: You have been reading too many novels by Mrs Radcliffe, that is my opinion. This is a garden for The… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“HANNAH: ....English landscape was invented by gardeners imitating foreign painters who were evoking classical authors. The whole thing was brought home in… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I know the British press is very attached to the lobby system. It lets the journalists and the politicians feel proud of… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
People have quite a simple idea about 'Anna Karenina.' They feel that the novel is entirely about a young married woman who… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If I am on a journey where I only have time to read one-and-a-half books, I never know which one-and-a-half I'll feel… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“What is an artist? For every thousand people there's nine hundred doing the work, ninety doing well, nine doing good, and one lucky bastard… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It's the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
For 10 years of my life, 3 times a day, I thanked the Lord for what I was about to receive and thanked him… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
