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

Quote by Peter Shaffer

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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.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

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...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

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 really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

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...

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.

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...

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

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...

You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

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.

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,...

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...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

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.

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...

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...