Tom Stoppard Quotes

It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard part - made up a story, provided the characters.

Tom Stoppard

Quotes to Explore

I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.

Malin Akerman
- Role
- Lady
- Attracted
Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Frances Beinecke
- Past
- Ocean
- Creating
As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

H. L. Mencken
- Heart
- Hard
- Grow
I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.

Irina Shayk
- Up
- Work
- Success
A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'

Gabe Newell
- Experience
- Play
- Now
The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.

Edmund Morgan
- Enemy
- Hands
- Direction