#some

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#camera #crush #having #like #movie

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#am #good #i #i am #i write

I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive. There's something worrying about my make-up that I try to leave no trace of myself apart from my plays. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#apart #away #diary #i #keep

I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#grateful #happen #hold #i #often

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#i #impels #me #something #study

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something. ↗

— John Stossel

#dying #free #free person #i #ought

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them. ↗

— Anthony Storr

#compulsively #longer #need #only #real

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. ↗

— John Stossel

#happiness #meaningful #our #purpose #skills

Some movie I was in, I forget which one, some awful little movie, a reviewer said, What is Jessica Walter doing in this movie? And I said, Hello? Trying to make a living? ↗

— Jessica Walter

#doing #forget #hello #i #jessica

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off. ↗

— John Stossel

#get #i #imperfect #learned #market