100 Quotes by John Tiffany

One of my favorite things to read in the 'Observer' is the restaurant review by Jay Rayner. I love reading about these restaurants that I won't ever have the time to go to.

When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure.

Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.

'Peter Pan' makes 'Black Watch' and 'The Bacchae' look like a walk in the park.

I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I saw.

I hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as an archeological exercise. Theatre needs to be urgent.

The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional.

I realise that there's something about fantasy, whether it's written by the Grimm Brothers or J. K. Rowling or Thorne or J. M. Barrie, that it gets closer to the human experience than realism every could.

I want to understand the anger in the world.