We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.