--- title: "8 Got Quotes By Tom Stoppard" description: "8 Got quotes by Tom Stoppard. Plus more from Tom Stoppard and more Got sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/tom-stoppard-437_educating_i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-ins_165874.png" --- > [I've got no interest in educating or instructing people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-instructing-people/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/tom-stoppard-437_educating_i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-ins_165874.png) > [Possibly because I did start off as a journalist, my starting point has always been that you've got to keep an audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/possibly-because-i-did-start-off-as-a-journalist-my-starting-point/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/tom-stoppard-437_above_possibly-because-i-did-start-off-as-a-jo_664638.jpg) > [Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/because-theatre-is-a-story-telling-art-form-we-feel-entitled-to/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/tom-stoppard-437_actor_because-theatre-is-a-story-telling-art-f_835638.png) > [I feel that when I began writing, I had a need to know more about the play before I got into it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-feel-that-when-i-began-writing-i-had-a-need-to-know-more-about-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-feel-that-when-i-began-writing-i-had-a_1015073.jpg) > ['Arcadia' is obviously a play that's got interesting things in it that are perhaps quite hard to grasp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/arcadia-is-obviously-a-play-that-s-got-interesting-things-in-it-that/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/tom-stoppard-437_arcadia_arcadia-is-obviously-a-play-that-s-got-i_1332224.png) > [Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper now. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/time-is-short-life-is-short-there-s-a-lot-to-know-so-i-skip-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/tom-stoppard-437_entertainers_time-is-short-life-is-short-there-s-a-lo_1440269.png) > [In 2005, I got an email from Belarus Free Theatre. They were emailing playwrights in America and England announcing their existence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/in-2005-i-got-an-email-from-belarus-free-theatre-they-were-emailing/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/tom-stoppard-437_america_in-2005-i-got-an-email-from-belarus-free_2378529.png) > [The whole thing about writing a play is that it's all about controlling the flow of information traveling from the stage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/the-whole-thing-about-writing-a-play-is-that-it-s-all-about/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/tom-stoppard-437_about_the-whole-thing-about-writing-a-play-is_2525536.png) ## Other authors on Got ## More by Tom Stoppard > [If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-i-wanted-to-change-the-world-the-last-thing-i-would-do-is-write-a/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-you-want-to-change-something-by-tuesday-theater-is-no-good/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/childhood-is-last-chance-gulch-for-happiness-after-that-you-know-too/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/after-all-these-years-i-definitely-associate-having-a-pen-in-my-hand/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/the-universe-is-deterministic-all-right-just-like-newton-said-i-mean/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/for-me-human-rights-simply-endorse-a-view-of-life-and-a-set-of-moral/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/what-is-an-artist-for-every-thousand-people-there-s-nine-hundred/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/dying-is-not-romantic-and-death-is-not-a-game-which-will-soon-be-over/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [I'm not interested in clothes; I just like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-m-not-interested-in-clothes-i-just-like-them/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [For 10 years of my life, 3 times a day, I thanked the Lord for what I was about to receive and thanked him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/for-10-years-of-my-life-3-times-a-day-i-thanked-the-lord-for-what-i/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/you-should-not-translate-for-more-than-two-hours-at-a-time-after-that/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/no-matter-how-imperfect-things-are-if-you-ve-got-a-free-press/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it. Before we know that there are words. Out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/we-must-be-born-with-an-intuition-of-mortality-before-we-know-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/eternity-s-a-terrible-thought-i-mean-where-s-it-all-going-to-end/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) > [There is truth and falsehood in a comma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/there-is-truth-and-falsehood-in-a-comma/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/got/tom-stoppard/#itemlist", "name": "8 Got Quotes By Tom Stoppard", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've got no interest in educating or instructing people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-instructing-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/tom-stoppard-437_educating_i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-ins_165874.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/tom-stoppard-437_educating_i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-ins_165874.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/tom-stoppard-437_educating_i-ve-got-no-interest-in-educating-or-ins_165874.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've got no interest in educating or instructing people.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Possibly because I did start off as a journalist, my starting point has always been that you've got to keep an audience with you. 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