English - Dramatist | May 9, 1934 -
The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest.
Alan Bennett
SchoolTheatreRememberSchool Days
Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
LifeSomethingHappensElsewhere
Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development.
ChildLibraryDevelopmentClosing
I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't quite know what I've written. People don't read you too closely. Perhaps, after I've died, they'll look at my stuff, and read it through, and find there's more in it. That may be wrong, but that's what I comfort myself with.
LifeMyselfPeopleWritingYouLook
Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.
LifeLookingKeyBoxLike
I always like to break out and address the audience. In 'The History Boys', for instance, without any ado, the boys will suddenly turn and talk to the audience and then go back into the action. I find it more adventurous doing it in prose than on the stage, but I like being able to make the reader suddenly sit up.
HistoryActionDoingBackFindGo
I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.
SeaLandNeverShorePointSeen
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
MemoriesFamousSomeoneWillKnowing
If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
FlowerThinkYouTryCompetitive
Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.
ChildrenParentsAlwaysAssumeCome
I've been very lucky in everything, really - in my career and in finding someone to share my life with, and in not dying.
LifeMy LifeSomeoneFindingCareer
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.
ImaginationFeelWonderTeachers
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