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Peter Shaffer quotes: If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Peter Shaffer quotes: There is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out.

There is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out.

Peter Shaffer quotes: And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Peter Shaffer quotes: When Equus leaves - if he leaves at all - it will be with your intestines in his teeth.

When Equus leaves - if he leaves at all - it will be with your intestines in his teeth.

Peter Shaffer quotes: God was singing through this little man to all the world.

God was singing through this little man to all the world.

Peter Shaffer quotes: I cannot accept merely ... I do not do anything merely.

I cannot accept merely ... I do not do anything merely.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Art and literature are my surrogate religions.

Art and literature are my surrogate religions.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art.

Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art.

Peter Shaffer quotes: My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

Peter Shaffer quotes: But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.

Peter Shaffer quotes: I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Our function as playwrights to some extent is to make audiences see with their ears, because films make us see with our eyes much better.

Our function as playwrights to some extent is to make audiences see with their ears, because films make us see with our eyes much better.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Love is the only doorway from the prison of ourselves.

Love is the only doorway from the prison of ourselves.

Peter Shaffer quotes: The Devil isn't made by what Mommy says, or what Daddy says. The Devil is there.

The Devil isn't made by what Mommy says, or what Daddy says. The Devil is there.

Peter Shaffer quotes: I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Oh, you monster!No one exists but you, do they? You and your music!

Oh, you monster!No one exists but you, do they? You and your music!

Peter Shaffer quotes: Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right.

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right.

Peter Shaffer quotes: The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?

Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?

Peter Shaffer quotes: I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

Peter Shaffer quotes: A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave.

A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave.

Peter Shaffer quotes: What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it?

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it?

Peter Shaffer quotes: Can you think of anything worse one can do to anybody than take away their worship?

Can you think of anything worse one can do to anybody than take away their worship?

Peter Shaffer quotes: There used to be a certain condescension to Mozart. His music was regarded as pleasant. He was a porcelain figure playing a porcelain harpsichord.

There used to be a certain condescension to Mozart. His music was regarded as pleasant. He was a porcelain figure playing a porcelain harpsichord.

Peter Shaffer quotes: You have your words, and I have mine.

You have your words, and I have mine.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That's not love, it's just rubbish.

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That's not love, it's just rubbish.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Peter Shaffer quotes: I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

Peter Shaffer quotes: That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?

That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?

Peter Shaffer quotes: In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists.

In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists.

Peter Shaffer quotes: All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute.

All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute.

Peter Shaffer quotes: You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

Peter Shaffer quotes: The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment.

The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Do you know what it's like for two people to live in the same house as if they were in different parts of the world?

Do you know what it's like for two people to live in the same house as if they were in different parts of the world?

Peter Shaffer quotes: The trouble is if you don't spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.

The trouble is if you don't spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.

Peter Shaffer quotes: I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life.

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life.

Peter Shaffer quotes: Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it.

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it.

Peter Shaffer quotes: What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?

What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?

Peter Shaffer quotes: I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.