Tom stoppard

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.

Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.'

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

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.'

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.

A free press needs to be a respected press.

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...

One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Sometimes directors feel a script needs something, but they're not sure what it is, so they show it to a...