Books Quotes by Tom Stoppard

A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.'

— Tom Stoppard

I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.

— Tom Stoppard

What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?

— Tom Stoppard

I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read.

— Tom Stoppard

“I fell in love with literature and stayed lovesick all my life.”

— Tom Stoppard

It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat…

— Tom Stoppard

With plays that require any kind of reading program, I'm reading for a couple of years before using the material.

— Tom Stoppard

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

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

I know the British press is very attached to the lobby system. It lets the journalists and the politicians feel proud of…

— Tom Stoppard

In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The…

— Tom Stoppard

When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was…

— Tom Stoppard

People have quite a simple idea about 'Anna Karenina.' They feel that the novel is entirely about a young married woman who…

— Tom Stoppard

“HANNAH: …English landscape was invented by gardeners imitating foreign painters who were evoking classical authors. The whole thing was brought home in…

— Tom Stoppard

“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

Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only…

— Tom Stoppard

“LADY CROOM: You have been reading too many novels by Mrs Radcliffe, that is my opinion. This is a garden for The…

— Tom Stoppard