If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

2012 - Ali and Nino (screenwriter) adapted from Kurban Said's novel Ali and Nino. Early life
Hampton was born in Faial Azores to British parents Dorothy Patience (née Herrington) and Bernard Patrick Hampton a marine telecommunications engineer for Cable & Wireless. Fellow dramatist David Hare was a school contemporary; poet Harry Guest was a teacher.

Christopher James Hampton CBE FRSL (born 26 January 1946) is a British playwright screen writer and film director.