I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon. Terence Rattigan More Quotes by Terence Rattigan More Quotes From Terence Rattigan A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute. Terence Rattigan novelists pages may It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful a man must first corrupt himself? Terence Rattigan powerful men firsts To face life without hope can mean to live without despair. Terence Rattigan despair faces mean Will this new play be good or bad? Nothing else matters. Nothing at all. Terence Rattigan nothing new bad good