You think human nature is a beast, that it must be put in a cage. But it's the cage that makes the animal bad. Tom Stoppard More Quotes by Tom Stoppard More Quotes From Tom Stoppard I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them. Tom Stoppard pathetic offended littles Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect. Tom Stoppard rosencrantz-and-guildenstern boxes ...reality, the name we give to the common experience. Tom Stoppard names giving reality I'm attracted to the past. Tom Stoppard past A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. Tom Stoppard comedy black errors Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change. Tom Stoppard liable involved revival The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists. Tom Stoppard newspapers media sound We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. Tom Stoppard buckets advice giving I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet. Tom Stoppard reporters kind people To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea. Tom Stoppard focus tea drama I can't remember what my first script was. Tom Stoppard scripts remember firsts We're actors. We're the opposite of people. Tom Stoppard theatre opposites people I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education. Tom Stoppard delighted university waiting Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life. Tom Stoppard strikes events states I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life. Tom Stoppard fortunate-life fortunate persons I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn. Tom Stoppard grateful waiting play 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. Tom Stoppard age birthday long James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. Tom Stoppard joyce indifference men 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. Tom Stoppard sculpture wall art I burn with no causes. Tom Stoppard causes
