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

Quote by Peter Shaffer

Topics: Cities Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....