You do know what's coming up when you're translating. I suppose the concentration, then, is on finding a formulation which is speakable and in character - and economical as well, actually. Tom Stoppard charactercomeconcentration Change image and share on social
Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe. Tom Stoppard hotelinhabitmoral Change image and share on social
As a child, I was airlifted out of the path of the Nazis. Unfortunately, I was parachuted into the path of the Japanese, but then I was airlifted again to India. Tom Stoppard airliftchildindia Change image and share on social
When I was a reporter in Bristol, which I was between the years 1954 and 1960, the newspaper would get tickets for whoever showed up to play a gig at the big hall down the road, so I saw some wonderful people. The Everly Brothers, for example. Tom Stoppard bigbristolbrother share on social
I flinch when I see my name in the newspapers. Tom Stoppard flinchnewspaper Change image and share on social
I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do. Tom Stoppard halflinelong Change image and share on social
Even when the writing seems very frivolous, I'm puritanical. I don't mean my subject matter. It's that I'm almost pathologically incapable of leaving something when I'm not quite happy with it. Tom Stoppard frivoloushappyincapable Change image and share on social
I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life. Tom Stoppard fortunateleadlife Change image and share on social
In the end, my children put me on to Pink Floyd when they were teenagers. Tom Stoppard childendfloyd Change image and share on social
