"Asking a working writer what he thinks about……" — Christopher Hampton
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Christopher Hampton
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23 Quotes by Christopher Hampton
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I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists…
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Masturbation is the thinking man's television.
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You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie,…
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It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.
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I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if…
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I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film,…
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I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.
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To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be…
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If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American…
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You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than…
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I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.
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I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have…
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