"More than any other contemporary British playwright, Tom Stoppard populates his plays -- from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The Invention of Love (his portrait of the poet and scholar A. E. Housman) -- with characters from life and literature. But one cannot always tell the difference between those who are real and those who are imaginary."

-- Mel Gussow

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Play Quotes

“Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park. I have never felt anything like it.”
“The inventor and the research man are confused because they both examine results of physical or chemical operations. But they are exact opposites, mirror images of one another. The research man does something and does not care [exactly] what it is that happens, he measures whatever it is. The inventor wants something to happen, but does not care how it happens or what it is that happens if it is not what he wants.”
“Nobody is too important to lead the initiative you say is important.”
“I was curious. Here was a character where I just didn't know how they were going to write him into 13 episodes without it being one note. My fear was that I didn't want to join something where I was just going to be this prop and this mustache twirling character.”
“Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement ...”
“I'm a scorer, not a triple-double player”
“We do not truly own our thoughts or experiences until we have negotiated them with ourselvesand for this writing is the prime medium.”
“My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.”

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