In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100 years later asking, 'Is that moment tragic or comic?' Tom Stoppard blendchekhovcomic Change image and share on social
It's really hard to talk about writing, and I'm usually conscious if I'm misleading people or misleading the questioner, because the problem with writing is the next line. Tom Stoppard conscioushardline Change image and share on social
Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end? Tom Stoppard endeternityterrible Change image and share on social
I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design. Tom Stoppard actdesigndirect Change image and share on social
I barely remembered my father; I'm confused between genuine memory and the few photographs that survived. Tom Stoppard barelyconfusefather Change image and share on social
Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change. Tom Stoppard changeinvolveliable 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
It's so great in the theater when everyone catches up on the truth. Tom Stoppard catchgreattheater Change image and share on social
I think of myself as a theater animal instead of an intellectual animal. Tom Stoppard animalintellectualtheater Change image and share on social
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition. Tom Stoppard definitionprecisestoppardian Change image and share on social