The idea that anybody might be allowed to use their common sense when clearly no harm is being done is part of… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Once rehearsals are done the writer really doesn't have a function on the set. If the script is stabilized, then the writer… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love, above all. Love as there has never been in… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The whole excitement for writing anything is quite intense. And for a day or two, you think you've done everything extremely well.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It's very common for people to recommend something to me because they're going on what I've already written, when, what really is… — 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
