It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn't... not only bore me, that's too strong a word.

Quote by Peter Shaffer

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Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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 was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country....

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country....