If I hadn't left Czechoslovakia, I would have been dead. Tom Stoppard czechoslovakiadeadleave Change image and share on social
I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive. There's something worrying about my make-up that I try to leave no trace of myself apart from my plays. Tom Stoppard archivediaryleave share on social
In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100 years later asking, 'Is that moment tragic or comic?' Tom Stoppard blendchekhovcomic Change image and share on social
As a child, I was airlifted out of the path of the Nazis. Unfortunately, I was parachuted into the path of the Japanese, but then I was airlifted again to India. Tom Stoppard airliftchildindia Change image and share on social
When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I've dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells. Tom Stoppard 6mmbulletdodge Change image and share on social
I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely. Tom Stoppard bookcaseenvyfall Change image and share on social
There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to. Tom Stoppard difficultfindthing Change image and share on social
You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid. Tom Stoppard clumsyedgehour Change image and share on social
My brain cells are dying in their trillions. Tom Stoppard braincelldie Change image and share on social
