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Tom Stoppard Quotes

English - Dramatist | July 3, 1937 -

I don't want to come over as some boringly self-deprecating person. But I don't see myself as a groundbreaking writer in the way plays are structured.

Myself Person Want Way Over See

I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play.

Writing Play Movies Involved Who

I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.

Think Difficult Writer I Think

I seem to be failing in my intention to be as boring as I possibly can be for self-protection.

Intention Boring Seem Failing

I don't feel like a Londoner.

I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.

Respond Noise Well Olympic Which

I don't feel that I belong anywhere. Or rather, if there's a place I belong, I don't feel I'm there.

Feel Place Belong Anywhere Rather

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

Worth Twice Idea Once Having

To be in love with Debo Devonshire is hardly a distinction.

Love Distinction Hardly

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

Happiness Childhood Chance You Know

You end up going to school plays quite a bit as a parent, there are a lot of kids who are doing the job as well as they can, but there's always one or two who seem much more at home in the world of impersonation.

Home Job School World End Parent

When 'The Dark Side of the Moon' was a new album in 1973, a friend of mine walked into my room where I was working with a copy in his hand and said, 'You really have to do a play about this album.'

Friend Moon You Dark Copy Play

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