"Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry." Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." Benjamin Franklin
"Who collects books accumulates desires. And who has many desires is very young, even at eighty." Ugo Ojetti
"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little." Tom Stoppard
"There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book." Evelyn Waugh
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Ah, Tom Stoppard, my favorite playwright. We've seen most of his plays, Arcadia being our favorite. You know he wrote the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love.
ReplyDeleteI must admit I am terrible with screenwriters. Also playwrights, we don't have a theatre around and I do read a play from time to time but would enjoy the stories more if I could watch them. After all, that's what they are written for, right.
DeleteHowever, I will go now and check what else Tom Stoppard has written since I really love "Shakespeare in Love". We just happened to watch that again last week. Such a coincidence.
Have a good weekend,
Marianne