--- title: "14 Something Quotes By Tom Stoppard" description: "14 Something quotes by Tom Stoppard. Plus more from Tom Stoppard and more Something sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tom-stoppard-437_came_embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-reme_1396520.png" --- > [Embarrassingly enough, I often can't remember how I came to write something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-remember-how-i-came-to-write/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tom-stoppard-437_came_embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-reme_1396520.png) > [I am good at being shown something and counterpunching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-am-good-at-being-shown-something-and-counterpunching/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/tom-stoppard-437_am_i-am-good-at-being-shown-something-and-c_1525011.png) > [Even when the writing seems very frivolous, I'm puritanical. I don't mean my subject matter. It's that I'm almost pathologically incapable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/even-when-the-writing-seems-very-frivolous-i-m-puritanical-i-don-t/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/tom-stoppard-437_almost_even-when-the-writing-seems-very-frivolo_268098.png) > [I don't believe there is something called 'film' and something called 'theater,' and that words belong in the theater. Some rather bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-don-t-believe-there-is-something-called-film-and-something-called/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/tom-stoppard-437_bad_i-don-t-believe-there-is-something-calle_381809.png) > [I want to support the whole idea of the humanities and teaching the humanities as being something that - even if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-want-to-support-the-whole-idea-of-the-humanities-and-teaching-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/tom-stoppard-437_being_i-want-to-support-the-whole-idea-of-the_605385.png) > [I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-m-so-grateful-to-grab-hold-of-something-that-wants-to-be-a-play-it/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/tom-stoppard-437_actor_i-m-so-grateful-to-grab-hold-of-somethin_814914.png) > [I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-don-t-keep-a-diary-and-i-throw-away-nearly-all-the-paper-i-might/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/tom-stoppard-437_archives_i-don-t-keep-a-diary-and-i-throw-away-ne_3149528.png) > [If you are well known at something else, you get points for doing stuff which lots of other people do, and much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-you-are-well-known-at-something-else-you-get-points-for-doing/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/tom-stoppard-437_any_if-you-are-well-known-at-something-else_629609.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) > [When I was younger, I could do something useful just by being free for half a day, but now I need five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/when-i-was-younger-i-could-do-something-useful-just-by-being-free-for/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/tom-stoppard-437_anyone_when-i-was-younger-i-could-do-something_2643340.png) > [One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Sometimes directors feel a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/one-of-the-nice-things-about-the-world-of-filmmaking-is-that-you-make/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/tom-stoppard-437_about_one-of-the-nice-things-about-the-world-o_419175.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) > [Love is - OK, it's 20 things, but it isn't 19. And I think that love reaches for something which is very,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/love-is-ok-it-s-20-things-but-it-isn-t-19-and-i-think-that-love/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/tom-stoppard-437_also_love-is-ok-it-s-20-things-but-it-isn-t-1_2907409.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) ## Other authors on Something ## 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/something/tom-stoppard/#itemlist", "name": "14 Something Quotes By Tom Stoppard", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Embarrassingly enough, I often can't remember how I came to write something.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-remember-how-i-came-to-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tom-stoppard-437_came_embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-reme_1396520.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tom-stoppard-437_came_embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-reme_1396520.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tom-stoppard-437_came_embarrassingly-enough-i-often-can-t-reme_1396520.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Embarrassingly enough, I often can't remember how I came to write something.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am good at being shown something and counterpunching.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-am-good-at-being-shown-something-and-counterpunching/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/tom-stoppard-437_am_i-am-good-at-being-shown-something-and-c_1525011.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/tom-stoppard-437_am_i-am-good-at-being-shown-something-and-c_1525011.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/tom-stoppard-437_am_i-am-good-at-being-shown-something-and-c_1525011.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am good at being shown something and counterpunching.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even when the writing seems very frivolous, I'm puritanical. 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