A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share Image
He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . .… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money. — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share
