Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is… — Laura Wade Ability Copy Share Image
We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we? — Laura Wade Create Copy Share Image
I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a… — Laura Wade About Copy Share Image
I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory. — Laura Wade Always Copy Share Image
Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so… — Laura Wade About Copy Share Image
It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going… — Laura Wade Able Copy Share Image
And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written. — Laura Wade Admit Copy Share Image
Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's told me. The process of it becoming… — Laura Wade Band Copy Share Image
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the… — Laura Wade Becomes Copy Share Image
I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their… — Laura Wade Advances Copy Share Image
Whether you like the look or not, that tailcoat is a tough shell, a suit of armour. The posh boy is a… — Laura Wade Boy Copy Share Image
I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was careless… — Laura Wade Accent Copy Share Image
It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it? — Laura Wade Everyone Copy Share Image
I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us. — Laura Wade Badly Copy Share Image
I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy… — Laura Wade Being Copy Share Image
I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom. — Laura Wade Best Copy Share Image
I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long… — Laura Wade Gave Copy Share Image
I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people… — Laura Wade About Copy Share Image
If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed… — Laura Wade After Copy Share Image
A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are… — Laura Wade Absolutely Copy Share Image
I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I… — Laura Wade Bit Copy Share Image
Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically… — Laura Wade Always Copy Share Image
