649 Quotes by Tom Stoppard

For all the compasses in the world, there’s only one direction, and time is its only measure.

When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I’ve dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells.

It is a defect of God’s humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.

What are a friend’s books for if not to be borrowed?

I’m going to be dead before I read the books I’m going to read.

I don’t keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don’t keep an archive. There’s something worrying about my make-up that I try to leave no trace of myself apart from my plays.

I don’t think Stoppardian has a precise definition.

I can’t remember what my first script was.

On Broadway, only the fire doors separate you from the sidewalk and you’re lucky if the sound of a police car doesn’t rip the envelope twice a night.