Top 275 Quotes by Tom Stoppard

About Tom Stoppard

These are some quotes by English author Tom Stoppard Dramatist, who was born on July 3, 1937.

I get the impression sometimes that a play arrives in a sequence of events that I have no control over.

I get the impression sometimes that a play arrives in a sequence of events that I have no control over.

Tom Stoppard

I am good at being shown something and counterpunching.

I am good at being shown something and counterpunching.

Tom Stoppard

A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.'

A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.'

Tom Stoppard

I wish I could remember how to write a play. I can't remember how they happened.

I wish I could remember how to write a play. I can't remember how they happened.

Tom Stoppard

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Tom Stoppard

Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for, so I'd better do it.

Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for, so I'd better do it.

Tom Stoppard

'Shakespeare in Love' was a particularly happy film.

'Shakespeare in Love' was a particularly happy film.

Tom Stoppard

My desk faces the water, and I'm perfectly happy sitting there. I'm never lonely.

My desk faces the water, and I'm perfectly happy sitting there. I'm never lonely.

Tom Stoppard

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

Tom Stoppard

Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I hadn't really thought of them as being philosophical questions, but one rapidly comes to an understanding that philosophy's only really about two questions: 'What is true?' and 'What is good?'

Tom Stoppard

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