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title: "18 Very Quotes By Tom Stoppard"
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> [I'm a very boring person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-m-a-very-boring-person/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [I'm very garrulous, but I don't say anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-m-very-garrulous-but-i-don-t-say-anything/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-consider-myself-to-be-a-very-fortunate-person-and-to-have-led-a/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [I'm very unhappy about my entire life if my writing is going wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-m-very-unhappy-about-my-entire-life-if-my-writing-is-going-wrong/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/the-fact-is-i-loved-being-english-i-was-very-happy-to-be-turned-into/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [People think I'm very nice, you know. And I'm not as nice as they think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/people-think-i-m-very-nice-you-know-and-i-m-not-as-nice-as-they-think/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/very-often-in-chekhov-where-he-exhibits-a-little-bit-of-human/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/it-is-no-light-matter-to-put-in-jeopardy-a-single-life-when-it-is-the/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/chekhov-was-capable-of-casually-tossing-off-deplorable-comments-in/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [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/)

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> [Despite the digital age, there is a very large number of venues and spaces that are looking for plays, and many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/despite-the-digital-age-there-is-a-very-large-number-of-venues-and/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [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/)

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> [Possibly because I did start off as a journalist, my starting point has always been that you've got to keep an audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/possibly-because-i-did-start-off-as-a-journalist-my-starting-point/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-i-had-been-asked-to-write-1-200-words-for-a-newspaper-tomorrow-on/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [If you let the plot be determined by what you feel is in the character's mind at that point, it may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/if-you-let-the-plot-be-determined-by-what-you-feel-is-in-the/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [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/)

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> [I have about a dozen cassettes lying about which I use in random order. Very often, I pick up a cassette to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-have-about-a-dozen-cassettes-lying-about-which-i-use-in-random/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/when-i-was-in-my-teens-i-was-very-very-keen-on-being-the-author-of-a/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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## Other authors on Very

## 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/)

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