English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Christopher Hampton Quotes

Christopher Hampton quote: "Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like..."

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

Christopher Hampton

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. Thomas Hobbes
Treat Williams quote: "I don't usually experience that because there are few people..."
I don't usually experience that because there are few people who intimidate me, but Woody was one of them. Treat Williams
Adrien Brody quote: "I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with..."
I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line. Adrien Brody
Haruki Murakami quote: "I guess time doesn't flow in order, does it - A, B, C, D? It..."
I guess time doesn't flow in order, does it - A, B, C, D? It just sort of goes where it feels like going. Haruki Murakami
Charles Dickens quote: "[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile."
[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile. Charles Dickens
Harry Connick, Jr. quote: "I'm able to sometimes express things even more articulately on..."
I'm able to sometimes express things even more articulately on the piano than I am with singing. Harry Connick, Jr.
I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export. Catherine Helen Spence
The more we are consuming oil that either comes from places that are bent on our destruction or helping those who are... the more we are enabling those who are trying to kill us. Frank Gaffney
The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do. Don Cheadle
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless. She's earned it, it's a payment, not a gift. But to love her for her vices is a real gift, unearned and undeserved. To love her for her vices is to defile all virtue for her sake - and that is a real tribute of love, because you sacrifice your conscience, your reason, your integrity and your invaluable self-esteem. Ayn Rand
Losing him was blue like I'd never known, Missing him was dark grey all alone, Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met, But loving him was red Taylor Swift
Joel Madden quote: "My mom always said that there would be haters. Not everyone..."
My mom always said that there would be haters. Not everyone can love ya. Joel Madden
My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded. Giada De Laurentiis
We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives. Junipero Serra
A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed. J. Michael Straczynski