Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for, so I'd better do it. Tom Stoppard playwrite Change image and share on social
I'm not that taken with Freudian perspectives. They seem to be overcomplicated. Tom Stoppard freudianovercomplicateperspective Change image and share on social
My family was in Singapore when the Japanese War started. We were in Singapore at the time of Pearl Harbor, and by the beginning of 1942, the Japanese invasion of Burma and Singapore had started. Tom Stoppard beginburmafamily Change image and share on social
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power. Tom Stoppard backeastpaper Change image and share on social
I don't even know what my voice is to this day. Tom Stoppard dayvoice Change image and share on social
My desk faces the water, and I'm perfectly happy sitting there. I'm never lonely. Tom Stoppard deskfacehappy Change image and share on social
I've got no interest in educating or instructing people. Tom Stoppard educatehaveinstruct Change image and share on social
As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that. Tom Stoppard areacoverexpert Change image and share on social
Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect. Tom Stoppard boxexpectlife Change image and share on social
It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat and the author got 10% of the gross. Tom Stoppard ashtrayauthorback Change image and share on social