The days of the digital watch are numbered. Tom Stoppard daydigitalnumber Change image and share on social
One of the attractions of translating 'Heroes' is that it's not the kind of play that I write. If it had been, I probably wouldn't have wanted to translate it. There are no one-liners. It's much more a truthful comedy than a play of dazzling wit. Tom Stoppard attractioncomedydazzle share on social
The printed word is no longer as in demand as when I was of the age of pupils or even at the age of the teachers teaching them. Tom Stoppard agedemandlong Change image and share on social
It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society. Tom Stoppard ideajeopardylife Change image and share on social
I want to support the whole idea of the humanities and teaching the humanities as being something that - even if it can't be quantitatively measured as other subjects - it's as fundamental to all education. Tom Stoppard educationfundamentalhumanity share on social
For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child. A child knows what is fair and isn't fair, and justice derives from that knowledge. Tom Stoppard childclearderive share on social
My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers. Tom Stoppard answerlifeprepare Change image and share on social
If you are well known at something else, you get points for doing stuff which lots of other people do, and much more, and they don't get any points at all. You get over-praised, over-credited. Tom Stoppard creditlotpeople Change image and share on social
I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism. Tom Stoppard nationalisticnoiseolympic Change image and share on social