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
If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather than leave a white hole in the page. And I think it's a very healthy attitude to take to writing anything. Tom Stoppard askattitudehealthy 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
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
One feels that the past stays the way you left it, whereas the present is in constant movement; it's unstable all around you. Tom Stoppard constantfeltleave Change image and share on social
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
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
Everybody I know is writing plays twice a year. It's sort of making me feel I am not up to much. Tom Stoppard feelmakeplay Change image and share on social
I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could be measured. I didn't trust my own subjective responses. Tom Stoppard absoluteartassumption Change image and share on social