Top 18 Quotes by Christopher Hampton

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

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

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

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

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.