But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.

Quote by Peter Shaffer

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Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared...

I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I...

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I...

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.