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I’m not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people.

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I bet Tom Stoppard doesn’t have to do this’ or There is no doubt David Hare would have deputed this to an underling.’
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Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.
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We still don’t like to admit the war was even partly our fault because so many of our people died.
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Illogically, I tend to assume that if you ( Philip Larkin) dream of caning schoolgirls bottoms, it disqualifies you from dismissing half the nation as work-shy.
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Because you should realise the Cenotaph and the Last Post and all that stuff is concerned, there’s no better way of forgetting something than by commemorating it.
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So, half a dozen of us tried – not all of us in history – and we all eventually got in. So, to that extent, it [The History Boys] comes out of my own experience.
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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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My films are about embarrassment.
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Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.
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I write plays about things that I can’t resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.
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Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale.
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I had no idea of who could play it, no notion really. Then Richard came to see us but I don’t think it was decided at that meeting.
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God doesn’t do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, “Can I be excused the Crucifixion?” No!
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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn’t obey the rules.
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Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
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