When 'The Dark Side of the Moon' was a new album in 1973, a friend of mine walked into my room where I was working with a copy in his hand and said, 'You really have to do a play about this album.' Tom Stoppard albumcopydark Change image and share on social
Despite the digital age, there is a very large number of venues and spaces that are looking for plays, and many of them are looking for new plays. Tom Stoppard agedigitallarge Change image and share on social
I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament. Tom Stoppard acknowledgeconservatismconservative Change image and share on social
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power. Tom Stoppard backeastpaper Change image and share on social
If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There's a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play. Tom Stoppard audiencefindknow share on social
The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care! Tom Stoppard caremattershy Change image and share on social
Lou Reed was a hero because he was an anti-hero. Tom Stoppard antiherolou Change image and share on social
I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation. Tom Stoppard contradictdialogueplay Change image and share on social
The way 'star' used to be reserved for a small number of people, and when the star category became so vast, they came up with 'superstar,' and then they came up with 'megastar.' Tom Stoppard categorymegastarnumb Change image and share on social
I'm not a theoretician about playwriting, but I have a strong sense that plays have to be pitched - the scene, the line, the word - at the exact point where the audience has just the right amount of information. It's like Occam's razor. Tom Stoppard amountaudienceexact share on social
