Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper now. I just haven't got time. Tom Stoppard entertainerlifelot Change image and share on social
What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea. Tom Stoppard carnalgoodidea Change image and share on social
I don't want to come over as some boringly self-deprecating person. But I don't see myself as a groundbreaking writer in the way plays are structured. Tom Stoppard boringlydeprecategroundbreak Change image and share on social
If you let the plot be determined by what you feel is in the character's mind at that point, it may not turn out to be a very good play, but at least it will be a play where people are behaving in a kind of truthful way. Tom Stoppard behavecharacterdetermine share on social
I barely remembered my father; I'm confused between genuine memory and the few photographs that survived. Tom Stoppard barelyconfusefather Change image and share on social
If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life. Tom Stoppard associatecontinuityenjoy Change image and share on social
Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond. Tom Stoppard applybiscuitchild share on social
I don't believe there is something called 'film' and something called 'theater,' and that words belong in the theater. Some rather bad films have few words in them; some good films have a lot of words in them. Tom Stoppard badbelongcall share on social
When I was 20, the idea of having a play on anywhere was just beyond my dreams. Tom Stoppard dreamideaplay Change image and share on social
One senses that all the Bolsheviks, even those who ended up as cold-blooded autocrats, had been on a journey from idealism to something else, and didn't notice - to mix periods - when the Rubicon was crossed. Tom Stoppard autocratbloodbolshevik share on social
