Possibly because I did start off as a journalist, my starting point has always been that you've got to keep an audience with you. Whatever you're doing, you always want a script to be a page-turner. It's very important never, ever, to feel above that.Tom Stoppard
Schepisi is the sort of director who could, would, and frequently did phone me whenever he came across a textual problem.Tom Stoppard
I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.Tom Stoppard
You do know what's coming up when you're translating. I suppose the concentration, then, is on finding a formulation which is speakable and in character - and economical as well, actually.Tom Stoppard
The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe they need to speak to me in order to do their dissertation. They need to interview me.Tom Stoppard
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.Honoré de Balzac
