For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all. Tom Stoppard goodlongmanage Change image and share on social
I would count myself as a friend of Vaclav Havel. Tom Stoppard countfriendhavel Change image and share on social
My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it. Tom Stoppard feltideallyincomplete Change image and share on social
A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. Tom Stoppard blackcomedyerror Change image and share on social
For me, the reputation for teaching language in general, and East European languages most particularly, gave Glasgow University, and by reflection the country, a distinction. Tom Stoppard countrydistinctioneast 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 wanted to be in the theater. It is simply the way I felt. Tom Stoppard feltsimplytheater 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
I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could be measured. I didn't trust my own subjective responses. Tom Stoppard absoluteartassumption Change image and share on social