Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism. - Tom Stoppard 1 Share Now -
In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The Birthday Party' at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol. Just before it began, I realised that Harold Pinter was sitting in front of me. - Tom Stoppard 2 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me. - Tom Stoppard 4 Share Now -
I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead. - Tom Stoppard 5 Share Now -
I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play. - Tom Stoppard 7 Share Now -
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. - Tom Stoppard 8 Share Now -
What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance? - Tom Stoppard 9 Share Now -
That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is a 'basic human right' possessed by each individual, and, as such, trumps the interests of the society or group, including my neighbour. - Tom Stoppard 10 Share Now -
