--- title: "11 Had Quotes By Tom Stoppard" description: "11 Had quotes by Tom Stoppard. Plus more from Tom Stoppard and more Had sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/tom-stoppard-437_directors_directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that_3162337.png" --- > [Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that-i-wished-i-d-had-not-on/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/tom-stoppard-437_directors_directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that_3162337.png) > [My family was in Singapore when the Japanese War started. We were in Singapore at the time of Pearl Harbor, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/my-family-was-in-singapore-when-the-japanese-war-started-we-were-in/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/tom-stoppard-437_beginning_my-family-was-in-singapore-when-the-japa_2799296.png) > [I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-think-i-give-the-impression-of-being-a-romantic-and-i-think-inside/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/tom-stoppard-437_being_i-think-i-give-the-impression-of-being-a_601769.png) > [One of the attractions of translating 'Heroes' is that it's not the kind of play that I write. If it had been,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/one-of-the-attractions-of-translating-heroes-is-that-it-s-not-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/tom-stoppard-437_attractions_one-of-the-attractions-of-translating-he_2951891.jpg) > [It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/it-is-easily-and-often-overlooked-that-when-thomas-jefferson-asserted/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/tom-stoppard-437_been_it-is-easily-and-often-overlooked-that-w_1012116.png) > [If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-i-had-been-asked-to-write-1-200-words-for-a-newspaper-tomorrow-on/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tom-stoppard-437_any_if-i-had-been-asked-to-write-1-200-words_236530.png) > [There are certain sorts of jokes which have only to do with the substitution of the unexpected word in a familiar context.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/there-are-certain-sorts-of-jokes-which-have-only-to-do-with-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/tom-stoppard-437_back_there-are-certain-sorts-of-jokes-which-h_3083180.png) > [When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/when-i-was-20-in-1957-and-maybe-you-would-say-i-was-old-enough-to/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/tom-stoppard-437_about_when-i-was-20-in-1957-and-maybe-you-woul_1973788.jpg) > [One senses that all the Bolsheviks, even those who ended up as cold-blooded autocrats, had been on a journey from idealism to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/one-senses-that-all-the-bolsheviks-even-those-who-ended-up-as-cold/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/tom-stoppard-437_been_one-senses-that-all-the-bolsheviks-even_2075753.png) > [In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/in-the-period-before-the-arrival-of-mrs-thatcher-politics-had-been-in/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/tom-stoppard-437_along_in-the-period-before-the-arrival-of-mrs_763304.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) ## Other authors on Had ## 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/had/tom-stoppard/#itemlist", "name": "11 Had Quotes By Tom Stoppard", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that-i-wished-i-d-had-not-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/tom-stoppard-437_directors_directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that_3162337.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/tom-stoppard-437_directors_directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that_3162337.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/tom-stoppard-437_directors_directors-sometimes-have-good-ideas-that_3162337.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My family was in Singapore when the Japanese War started. 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