--- title: "21 Write Quotes By Tom Stoppard" description: "21 Write quotes by Tom Stoppard. Plus more from Tom Stoppard and more Write sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-st_3186193.png" --- > [I don't find it easy to think of good stuff to write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-stuff-to-write-about/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-st_3186193.png) > [I write out of my intellectual experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-write-out-of-my-intellectual-experience/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/tom-stoppard-437_experience_i-write-out-of-my-intellectual-experienc_1533051.png) > [can only write about what bites you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/can-only-write-about-what-bites-you/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/tom-stoppard-437_bites_can-only-write-about-what-bites-you-1104_1104767.png) > [Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/why-should-i-write-a-play-i-don-t-have-to-write-a-play-do-i-but/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/tom-stoppard-437_actor_why-should-i-write-a-play-i-don-t-have-t_2051550.png) > [He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/he-s-never-known-anything-like-it-but-then-he-has-never-known/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/tom-stoppard-437_home_he-s-never-known-anything-like-it-but-th_1288951.png) > [A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/a-publisher-many-years-ago-asked-if-i-d-like-to-write-a-novel-for-50/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/tom-stoppard-437_absolutely_a-publisher-many-years-ago-asked-if-i-d_173707.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/tom-stoppard-437_change_if-i-wanted-to-change-the-world-the-last_3401.png) > [You are the plays you write. How on earth could you write them otherwise? They're projections of your own predilections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/you-are-the-plays-you-write-how-on-earth-could-you-write-them/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/tom-stoppard-437_actor_you-are-the-plays-you-write-how-on-earth_1740884.png) > [I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-write-for-film-or-in-this-case-television-when-i-haven-t-got-a-play/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/tom-stoppard-437_case_i-write-for-film-or-in-this-case-televis_567899.png) > [I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-cannot-say-that-i-write-with-any-social-objective-one-writes/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/tom-stoppard-437_cannot_i-cannot-say-that-i-write-with-any-socia_2492619.png) > [I am not somebody who meets a man or a woman somewhere and feels like that is an incredible character that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-am-not-somebody-who-meets-a-man-or-a-woman-somewhere-and-feels-like/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/tom-stoppard-437_am_i-am-not-somebody-who-meets-a-man-or-a-w_1083281.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) > [When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/when-you-write-it-s-making-a-certain-kind-of-music-in-your-head-there/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/tom-stoppard-437_certain_when-you-write-it-s-making-a-certain-kin_1124087.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tom-stoppard-437_any_if-i-had-been-asked-to-write-1-200-words_236530.png) > [I'm not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what's written. You write it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-m-not-like-some-other-writers-i-have-no-actual-urgent-need-or/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/tom-stoppard-437_actual_i-m-not-like-some-other-writers-i-have-n_2300133.png) > [One of the attractions of translating 'Heroes' is that it's not the kind of play that I write. If it had been,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/one-of-the-attractions-of-translating-heroes-is-that-it-s-not-the/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/tom-stoppard-437_attractions_one-of-the-attractions-of-translating-he_2951891.jpg) > [I like dialogue that is slightly more brittle than life. I have always admired and wished to write one of those 1940s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-like-dialogue-that-is-slightly-more-brittle-than-life-i-have-always/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/tom-stoppard-437_admired_i-like-dialogue-that-is-slightly-more-br_2666039.jpg) > [The trouble is, I can't find a part of myself where you're not important. I write in order to be worth your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/the-trouble-is-i-can-t-find-a-part-of-myself-where-you-re-not/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/tom-stoppard-437_care_the-trouble-is-i-can-t-find-a-part-of-my_1289680.png) > [My intention still is to write a play to commemorate, possibly rather skeptically, the 50th anniversary of the Russian revolution. I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/my-intention-still-is-to-write-a-play-to-commemorate-possibly-rather/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/tom-stoppard-437_about_my-intention-still-is-to-write-a-play-to_1924104.jpg) > [I wish I could remember how to write a play. I can't remember how they happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-wish-i-could-remember-how-to-write-a-play-i-can-t-remember-how-they/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/tom-stoppard-437_could_i-wish-i-could-remember-how-to-write-a-p_207301.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) ## Other authors on Write ## 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/write/tom-stoppard/#itemlist", "name": "21 Write Quotes By Tom Stoppard", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't find it easy to think of good stuff to write about.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-stuff-to-write-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-st_3186193.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-st_3186193.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/tom-stoppard-437_about_i-don-t-find-it-easy-to-think-of-good-st_3186193.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't find it easy to think of good stuff to write about.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write out of my intellectual experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-write-out-of-my-intellectual-experience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/tom-stoppard-437_experience_i-write-out-of-my-intellectual-experienc_1533051.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/tom-stoppard-437_experience_i-write-out-of-my-intellectual-experienc_1533051.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/tom-stoppard-437_experience_i-write-out-of-my-intellectual-experienc_1533051.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I write out of my intellectual experience.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "can only write about what bites you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Stoppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/can-only-write-about-what-bites-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/tom-stoppard-437_bites_can-only-write-about-what-bites-you-1104_1104767.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/tom-stoppard-437_bites_can-only-write-about-what-bites-you-1104_1104767.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/tom-stoppard-437_bites_can-only-write-about-what-bites-you-1104_1104767.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“can only write about what bites you.” — Tom Stoppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why should I write a play? 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