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title: "1 Present Feeling Quotes By Jez Butterworth"
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> [I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-m-english-and-love-england-whenever-i-m-there-i-m-always-seeing-the/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

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## More by Jez Butterworth

> [Writing for 'Rooster' was a strange experience. It's funny, once you tap into a voice, words just start to flow. You know when you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/writing-for-rooster-was-a-strange-experience-it-s-funny-once-you-tap/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I don't think that writers have any responsibility to be good neighbors to the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-don-t-think-that-writers-have-any-responsibility-to-be-good/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them, and if you've got something that's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/when-you-have-kids-you-can-choose-to-make-them-like-you-or-become/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/looking-back-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-sitting-in-pubs-when-i-should-have/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [“I, Rooster John Byron, hereby place a curse Upon the Kennet and Avon Council, May they wander the land for ever, Never sleep twice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-rooster-john-byron-hereby-place-a-curse-upon-the-kennet-and-avon/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I grew up in a household that was very left wing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-grew-up-in-a-household-that-was-very-left-wing/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [A lifetime’s work, to try and say one thing that’s true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/a-lifetime-s-work-to-try-and-say-one-thing-that-s-true/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/if-you-can-write-a-character-who-is-attractive-but-morally/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-m-english-and-love-england-whenever-i-m-there-i-m-always-seeing-the/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I do notice that I spend a lot of all my time steeped in different forms of myth, such as English folk music, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-do-notice-that-i-spend-a-lot-of-all-my-time-steeped-in-different/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [My father got a trade union scholarship to Oxford; he lived and breathed politics; he was always watching current-affairs programmes. But I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/my-father-got-a-trade-union-scholarship-to-oxford-he-lived-and/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I love Stewart Lee's 'Comedy Vehicle' on BBC2. The guy is a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-love-stewart-lee-s-comedy-vehicle-on-bbc2-the-guy-is-a-genius/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I actually have blissfully romantic views of marriage, because that has been my experience of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-actually-have-blissfully-romantic-views-of-marriage-because-that/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [“I may bring other women here, to this place, and I may tell them I love them, and make love to them. But they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-may-bring-other-women-here-to-this-place-and-i-may-tell-them-i-love/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

> [I understood very little about the significance of the Tony before, but I've learned that it makes a huge significance to whether or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jez-butterworth/i-understood-very-little-about-the-significance-of-the-tony-before/)

[Jez Butterworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jez-butterworth/)

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