Top 275 Quotes by Tom Stoppard

About Tom Stoppard

These are some quotes by English author Tom Stoppard Dramatist, who was born on July 3, 1937.

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

Tom Stoppard

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

Tom Stoppard

Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism.

Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism.

Tom Stoppard

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

Tom Stoppard

I proudly tell people, 'I have no computer,' so as not to be ashamed of having no computer.

I proudly tell people, 'I have no computer,' so as not to be ashamed of having no computer.

Tom Stoppard

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

Tom Stoppard

Writing a new play shouldn't be seen as a mystery belonging to a priesthood, but as a challenge, a technical challenge, just to get into it.

Writing a new play shouldn't be seen as a mystery belonging to a priesthood, but as a challenge, a technical challenge, just to get into it.

Tom Stoppard

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Tom Stoppard

Nobody would be killed on the roads if the speed limit were 10 miles an hour.

Nobody would be killed on the roads if the speed limit were 10 miles an hour.

Tom Stoppard

Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I hadn't really thought of them as being philosophical questions, but one rapidly comes to an understanding that philosophy's only really about two questions: 'What is true?' and 'What is good?'

Tom Stoppard

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