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 five-year-old child's attitude towards the news. Mainly, that it absolutely turns me off. — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
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… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
I don't think that writers have any responsibility to be good neighbors to the audience. — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
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… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting. — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
“I, Rooster John Byron, hereby place a curse Upon the Kennet and Avon Council, May they wander the land for ever, Never sleep twice in the same bed, Never drink water from the same well, And never cross the same river twice in a year. He who steps in my blood, may it stick to them Like hot oil. May… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share
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… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past. — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
I do notice that I spend a lot of all my time steeped in different forms of myth, such as English folk music, for… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
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… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
I love Stewart Lee's 'Comedy Vehicle' on BBC2. The guy is a genius. — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
