Christopher Hampton

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.

I have a dog named Steve that lives at the studio.