--- title: "15 Really Quotes By Tom Stoppard" description: "15 Really quotes by Tom Stoppard. Plus more from Tom Stoppard and more Really sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/tom-stoppard-437_cinema_a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-f_1379565.png" --- > [A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-function-on-a-movie-set/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/tom-stoppard-437_cinema_a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-f_1379565.png) > [I really just like to be at a desk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-really-just-like-to-be-at-a-desk/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/tom-stoppard-437_desk_i-really-just-like-to-be-at-a-desk-31272_3127243.png) > [You don't often get a proposal to do Tolstoy for a really interesting director - that's easy to say yes to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/you-don-t-often-get-a-proposal-to-do-tolstoy-for-a-really-interesting/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/tom-stoppard-437_director_you-don-t-often-get-a-proposal-to-do-tol_1731234.png) > [I loved the Beatles when they turned up, and the Stones when they turned up, and never really stopped liking them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-loved-the-beatles-when-they-turned-up-and-the-stones-when-they/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/tom-stoppard-437_beatles_i-loved-the-beatles-when-they-turned-up_3016398.png) > [I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-cannot-say-that-i-write-with-any-social-objective-one-writes/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/tom-stoppard-437_cannot_i-cannot-say-that-i-write-with-any-socia_2492619.png) > [Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/like-most-writers-i-just-create-because-i-have-a-story-to-tell-really/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/tom-stoppard-437_because_like-most-writers-i-just-create-because_2511152.png) > [If I see an actor in a role that is really terrifying, no matter how many times I meet him socially, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-i-see-an-actor-in-a-role-that-is-really-terrifying-no-matter-how/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/tom-stoppard-437_actor_if-i-see-an-actor-in-a-role-that-is-real_936040.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/it-s-very-common-for-people-to-recommend-something-to-me-because-they/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/tom-stoppard-437_about_it-s-very-common-for-people-to-recommend_2291168.jpg) > [My father was a doctor in Moravia, in the south of the country. There were a number of Jewish doctors in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/my-father-was-a-doctor-in-moravia-in-the-south-of-the-country-there/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/tom-stoppard-437_almost_my-father-was-a-doctor-in-moravia-in-the_1603256.png) > [It's really hard to talk about writing, and I'm usually conscious if I'm misleading people or misleading the questioner, because the problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/it-s-really-hard-to-talk-about-writing-and-i-m-usually-conscious-if-i/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/tom-stoppard-437_about_it-s-really-hard-to-talk-about-writing-a_1936014.png) > [When 'The Dark Side of the Moon' was a new album in 1973, a friend of mine walked into my room where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/when-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-was-a-new-album-in-1973-a-friend-of/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/tom-stoppard-437_about_when-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-was-a-new_695222.png) > [I've never really worked out this thought, and I don't know if I'm really conscious of it, but I can see there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-ve-never-really-worked-out-this-thought-and-i-don-t-know-if-i-m/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-ve-never-really-worked-out-this-though_553818.jpg) > [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) > [Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/quite-early-on-and-certainly-since-i-started-writing-i-found-that/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/tom-stoppard-437_about_quite-early-on-and-certainly-since-i-sta_356695.jpg) > [I once did a radio program with a famous materialist, that is to say a scientist who believed that absolutely everything was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-once-did-a-radio-program-with-a-famous-materialist-that-is-to-say-a/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/tom-stoppard-437_absolutely_i-once-did-a-radio-program-with-a-famous_3062187.png) ## Other authors on Really ## 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/really/tom-stoppard/#itemlist", "name": "15 Really Quotes By Tom Stoppard", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-function-on-a-movie-set/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/tom-stoppard-437_cinema_a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-f_1379565.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/tom-stoppard-437_cinema_a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-f_1379565.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/tom-stoppard-437_cinema_a-writer-doesn-t-really-have-much-of-a-f_1379565.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really just like to be at a desk.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-really-just-like-to-be-at-a-desk/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/tom-stoppard-437_desk_i-really-just-like-to-be-at-a-desk-31272_3127243.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/tom-stoppard-437_desk_i-really-just-like-to-be-at-a-desk-31272_3127243.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/tom-stoppard-437_desk_i-really-just-like-to-be-at-a-desk-31272_3127243.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I really just like to be at a desk.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't often get a proposal to do Tolstoy for a really interesting director - that's easy to say yes to.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/you-don-t-often-get-a-proposal-to-do-tolstoy-for-a-really-interesting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/tom-stoppard-437_director_you-don-t-often-get-a-proposal-to-do-tol_1731234.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/tom-stoppard-437_director_you-don-t-often-get-a-proposal-to-do-tol_1731234.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/tom-stoppard-437_director_you-don-t-often-get-a-proposal-to-do-tol_1731234.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't often get a proposal to do Tolstoy for a really interesting director - that's easy to say yes to.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved the Beatles when they turned up, and the Stones when they turned up, and never really stopped liking them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-loved-the-beatles-when-they-turned-up-and-the-stones-when-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/tom-stoppard-437_beatles_i-loved-the-beatles-when-they-turned-up_3016398.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/tom-stoppard-437_beatles_i-loved-the-beatles-when-they-turned-up_3016398.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/tom-stoppard-437_beatles_i-loved-the-beatles-when-they-turned-up_3016398.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I loved the Beatles when they turned up, and the Stones when they turned up, and never really stopped liking…” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I cannot say that I write with any social objective. 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