37 Quotes by Caryl Churchill


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    People aren’t evil and people aren’t good. They live how they can one day at a time. They come out of dust they go back to dust, dusty feet, no wings, and whose fault is that?

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    England that little gray island in the clouds where governments don’t fall overnight and children don’t sell themselves in the street and my money is safe.

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    Painting doesn’t mean just describing; it’s a state of spirit.

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    Polly Findlay showed real insight and imagination in her production of my translation of Seneca’s Thyestes at the Arcola. I enjoyed her use of the space and the detail of her work with the actors, and I’m looking forward to seeing what she does with Light Shining.

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    What I like about a dog it stops people getting after you, they’re not going to come round in the night. But they make the place stink because I might want to stay out a few days and when I get back I might want to stay in a few days and a dog can become a tyrant to you.

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    NIJO: I’m not a cheerful person, Marlene. I just laugh a lot.

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    NELL. Because that’s what an employer is going to have doubts about with a lady as I needn’t tell you, whether she’s got the guts to push through to a closing situation. They think we’re too nice. They think we listen to the buyer’s doubts. They think we consider his needs and his feelings.

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