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Tom Stoppard Quotes

Tom Stoppard quotes

English Playwright, Critic July 3, 1937

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As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Fantasy flows in where fact leaves a vacuum."
Fantasy flows in where fact leaves a vacuum. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Your opinions are your symptoms."
Your opinions are your symptoms. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "I'm attracted to the past."
I'm attracted to the past. Tom Stoppard
It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat and the author got 10% of the gross. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "It takes character to withstand the rigours of indolence."
It takes character to withstand the rigours of indolence. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design."
I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design. Tom Stoppard
The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe."
Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain."
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one..."
If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "ROS: Why don't you go and have a look? GUIL: Pragmatism?! - is..."
ROS: Why don't you go and have a look? GUIL: Pragmatism?! - is that all you have to offer? Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Words, words. They're all we have to go on."
Words, words. They're all we have to go on. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want."
Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else."
Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else. Tom Stoppard

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