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Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright (born 1937)
Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard has been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. Stoppard was knighted for his contribution to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997.
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Tom Stoppard Quotes
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can literally recall looking at a comic at the age of six or seven and I remember what I enjoyed and what it was precisely and how the joke worked.
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.
You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.
Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.
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