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title: "1 Think Silence Quotes By Alan Ayckbourn"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/a-gentleman-sleeps-at-his-work-that-s-what-work-s-for-why-do-you/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

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## More by Alan Ayckbourn

> [He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/he-really-is-terribly-heavy-going-like-running-up-hill-in-roller/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/a-comedy-is-just-a-tragedy-interrupted-i-once-said-do-you-finish-with/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/there-is-a-school-of-thought-that-believes-that-sleep-is-for-the/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/salad-i-can-t-bear-salad-it-grows-while-you-re-eating-it-you-know/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/cats-names-are-more-for-human-benefit-they-give-one-a-certain-degree/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/plays-by-alan-ayckbourn-have-been-attracting-larger-audiences-in-the/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/a-gentleman-sleeps-at-his-work-that-s-what-work-s-for-why-do-you/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/i-think-of-a-plot-i-think-of-an-idea-and-then-i-wonder-how-can-i-get/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/there-are-very-few-people-on-top-of-life-and-the-rest-of-us-don-t/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/the-darker-the-subject-the-more-light-you-must-try-to-shed-on-the/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/if-you-are-flattering-a-woman-it-pays-to-be-a-little-more-subtle-you/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/what-i-find-interesting-is-how-close-you-can-run-the-laughter-along/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/as-a-writer-one-is-allowed-to-have-conversations-with-oneself-what-is/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

> [Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/few-women-care-to-be-laughed-at-and-men-not-at-all-except-for-large/)

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