No problem is insoluble, given a big enough plastic bag. Tom Stoppard More Quotes by Tom Stoppard More Quotes From Tom Stoppard One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Tom Stoppard nice-things nice world Having translated two plays by Chekhov, and not speaking Russian myself - I cannot say one sentence. This may shock people... However, I am not shocked, as it is not hard to find out what the words mean. Tom Stoppard play two mean I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film sometimes. Tom Stoppard doe writing sometimes I don't write at the library, because I smoke when I work or would like the possibility of a smoke. Also, I need to be at my own desk. Tom Stoppard library writing needs I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained. Tom Stoppard argument play people To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists. Tom Stoppard actors done sound Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to the world. When the world shifts, you shift. Tom Stoppard Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end? Tom Stoppard If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation. Tom Stoppard I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it. Tom Stoppard I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity. Tom Stoppard Life is a gamble at terrible odds, if it were a bet, you would not take it. Tom Stoppard The days of the digital watch are numbered. Tom Stoppard 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.' Tom Stoppard friend you moon dark My brain cells are dying in their trillions. Tom Stoppard brain-cells cells dying brain It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society. Tom Stoppard society light matter life A free press needs to be a respected press. Tom Stoppard respected press free free-press I don't find it easy to think of good stuff to write about. Tom Stoppard find good think easy My desk faces the water, and I'm perfectly happy sitting there. I'm never lonely. Tom Stoppard never sitting happy water Like almost everything else from the West, the Romantic Revolution arrived late in Russia. Tom Stoppard everything late revolution romantic
