In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like. Tom Stoppard fatherknowlook Change image and share on social
Love is - OK, it's 20 things, but it isn't 19. And I think that love reaches for something which is very, very deep in us and is very easily obscured, and is also very easily denied, which is the instinct towards the other person, other than toward the self. Tom Stoppard deepdenyeasily share on social
If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice. Tom Stoppard ideaworth Change image and share on social
The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means. Tom Stoppard badendgood Change image and share on social
I've never really worked out this thought, and I don't know if I'm really conscious of it, but I can see there's an attraction about writing about a period that's over and isn't going to change colour while you look at it. Tom Stoppard attractionchangecolour share on social
Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging. Tom Stoppard directorgoodidea Change image and share on social
As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that. Tom Stoppard areacoverexpert Change image and share on social
Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It's like a reflex. Tom Stoppard behaviorbitechekhov Change image and share on social
All of my scripts are based on other people's novels. Generally, I consider myself as one who writes for theatre. I do not see film work as a continuation of writing for theatre. It is more of an interruption of the writing process. Tom Stoppard basecontinuationfilm 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
