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

Quote by Peter Shaffer

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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...

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 can't always let people do their own thing.

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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....

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...