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" I'm very unhappy about my entire life if my writing is going wrong. "
Tom Stoppard
Life
Going
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" I always loved rock 'n' roll. "
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" You are the plays you write. How on earth could you write them otherwise? They're projections of your own predilections. "
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Write
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Teaching
Age
Word
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Theatre
" I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it claimed certainty. It was grounded on some fundamental certainties - axioms - that led to others. "
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Others
Queen
" I feel overestimated. "
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Feel
Overestimated
I Feel
" If you let the plot be determined by what you feel is in the character's mind at that point, it may not turn out to be a very good play, but at least it will be a play where people are behaving in a kind of truthful way. "
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Enough
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Universe
Rooms
Moral
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Spark
Trying
Me
" Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power. "
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Right
Believe
Power
" If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life. "
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Life
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Watching
Lot
Things
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