Possibly because I did start off as a journalist, my starting point has always been that you've got to keep an audience with you. Whatever you're doing, you always want a script to be a page-turner. It's very important never, ever, to feel above that. Tom Stoppard audiencefeelhave share on social
With plays that require any kind of reading program, I'm reading for a couple of years before using the material. Tom Stoppard couplekindmaterial Change image and share on social
I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don't feel Czech. Tom Stoppard bringczechenglish Change image and share on social
I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet. Tom Stoppard accessgivekind Change image and share on social
My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up.' Tom Stoppard godhaveoccasionally Change image and share on social
I don't find it easy to think of good stuff to write about. Tom Stoppard easyfindgood Change image and share on social
The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world. Tom Stoppard darwinianequivalenthuman Change image and share on social
Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want. Tom Stoppard boardroomdecisioninside Change image and share on social
My intention still is to write a play to commemorate, possibly rather skeptically, the 50th anniversary of the Russian revolution. I started it at the beginning of 1966, but confronted with the enormous importance and reality of that revolution, I absolutely boggle. I don't know what to do about it. Tom Stoppard 50thabsolutelyanniversary share on social
In the end, my children put me on to Pink Floyd when they were teenagers. Tom Stoppard childendfloyd Change image and share on social