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There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A. — Christopher Hampton

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films. — Christopher Hampton

Art is a journey of excellence not a goal of perfection. — Jacqueline Patricks

My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am. — Christopher Hampton

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed. — Christopher Hampton

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people. — Christopher Hampton

oh dear, i LOVE Hollywood. but not really much like when i have a crush on someone. — Aster Argent

I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that. — Christopher Hampton

Books are all right, but dead men's brains are no good unless you mix a live one's with them. — George Horace Lorimer

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. — Rita Rudner

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious? — Christopher Hampton

I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read. — Christopher Hampton

I'll never be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand as if a man were author to himself and knew no other kin. — William Shakespeare

I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species. — Christopher Hampton

Progress is always the product of fresh thinking, and much of it thinking which to practical men bears the semblance of dreaming. — Robert Gordon Sproul

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. — Christopher Hampton

I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again. — William Shakespeare

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women. — Christopher Hampton

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true. — Christopher Hampton

Wisdom eventually comes to all of us. Someday it might even be your turn. — Leigh Eddings

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right. — Christopher Hampton

If there was somebody I wanted to meet, I'd like to be able to get their autograph. — Katie Price

My teammates, they keep you focused. — Torrey Smith

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine. — Christopher Hampton

A person can have a happy and fulfilling life without children. — Judy Blume

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in. — Christopher Hampton

I didn't get into skating to be famous. — Eric Heiden

Masturbation is the thinking man's television. — Christopher Hampton

How much pleasure can you stand? — Richard Bandler

Rap was my drug. — Eminem

Americans are not saving enough for retirement. — Tammy Baldwin