Animal Quote by Alan Ayckbourn

He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.

— 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…

— Alan Ayckbourn

There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.

— Alan Ayckbourn

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.

— Alan Ayckbourn

Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.

— 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…

— Alan Ayckbourn

I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . .…

— Alan Ayckbourn

There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.

— Alan Ayckbourn

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Alan Ayckbourn