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Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education."

I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "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."

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.




Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life."

Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Traitors hoist by their own petard?--or victims of the gods?--we shall never know!"

Traitors hoist by their own petard?--or victims of the gods?--we shall never know!




Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean."

I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "You're familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics?"

You're familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics?



Ed Stoppard Quotes: ""The [London] Times" has published no rumours; it's only reported facts, namely that other, less responsible papers are publishing certain rumours."

"The [London] Times" has published no rumours; it's only reported facts, namely that other, less responsible papers are publishing certain rumours.




Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does."

Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future."

I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Suicide is no more than a trick played on the calendar."

Suicide is no more than a trick played on the calendar.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "In England the rich own the poor and the men own the women."

In England the rich own the poor and the men own the women.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king." "Yes." "Unorthodox."

Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king." "Yes." "Unorthodox.




Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you."

Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy."

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I'm hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why."

I'm hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "If you were handed power on a plate you'd be left fighting over a plate."

If you were handed power on a plate you'd be left fighting over a plate.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read."

I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "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."

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.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Player: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life question your sitution at every turn."

Player: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life question your sitution at every turn.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard part - made up a story, provided the characters."

It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard part - made up a story, provided the characters.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I enjoy writing dialogue; it comes naturally to me."

I enjoy writing dialogue; it comes naturally to me.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set."

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I really enjoy working on adaptations."

I really enjoy working on adaptations.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I don't really have a system or set of principles. It's kind of common sense mixed up with instinct."

I don't really have a system or set of principles. It's kind of common sense mixed up with instinct.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things."

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "My scripts are possibly too talkative."

My scripts are possibly too talkative.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful."

Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "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."

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.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists."

To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "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."

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.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "We're actors — we're the opposite of people!"

We're actors — we're the opposite of people!



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."

Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "What freedom means, is being allowed to sing in my bath as loudly as will not interfere with my neighbour's freedom to sing a different tune in his."

What freedom means, is being allowed to sing in my bath as loudly as will not interfere with my neighbour's freedom to sing a different tune in his.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that.But, if you want to just alter the chemistry of the moral matrix, then theater has a longer half-life."

If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that.But, if you want to just alter the chemistry of the moral matrix, then theater has a longer half-life.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "No one gets up after death-there is no applause-there is only silence and some second-hand clothes, and that's death."

No one gets up after death-there is no applause-there is only silence and some second-hand clothes, and that's death.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom."

A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else."

Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Confession is an act of violence against the unoffending."

Confession is an act of violence against the unoffending.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "People do terrible things to each other, but it's worse in the places where everybody is kept in the dark."

People do terrible things to each other, but it's worse in the places where everybody is kept in the dark.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "As Socrates so philosophically put it, since we don't know what death is, it is illogical to fear it."

As Socrates so philosophically put it, since we don't know what death is, it is illogical to fear it.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Kissing girls is not like science, nor is it like sport. It is the third thing when you thought there were only two."

Kissing girls is not like science, nor is it like sport. It is the third thing when you thought there were only two.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "THOMASINA:But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue!"

THOMASINA:But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue!



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Age is a high price to pay for maturity."

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "It's better to be quotable than to be honest."

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "Although I don't examine myself in this respect, I would say, off the top of my head, that I've come to acknowledge my Czechness more as I get older."

Although I don't examine myself in this respect, I would say, off the top of my head, that I've come to acknowledge my Czechness more as I get older.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "When I was 20, the idea of having a play on anywhere was just beyond my dreams."

When I was 20, the idea of having a play on anywhere was just beyond my dreams.



Ed Stoppard Quotes: "I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process."

I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.