It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses. Peter Shaffer attractiveblinddeep share on social
Things rust, you know, like the heart. My cardiologist said, 'It's a pump; use it - that's the sole advice I've got to give you.' It's the same in playwriting. Don't theorise about it. Do it. Peter Shaffer advicecardiologistgive Change image and share on social
I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think, you just can't move them about, you know. Peter Shaffer bookendemicgrow Change image and share on social
I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character. Peter Shaffer characterfilmlead Change image and share on social
In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists. Peter Shaffer allegedlycausecruelty Change image and share on social
It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn't... not only bore me, that's too strong a word. Peter Shaffer bearboreextraordinary Change image and share on social
Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right. Peter Shaffer conflictkindtragedy Change image and share on social
Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process. Peter Shaffer fleshmakeplay Change image and share on social
But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. Peter Shaffer detectivepublishstory Change image and share on social
I was brought up in an Orthodox Jewish household. I don't think I ever had a single discussion with my parents about faith. It was just something gently imposed. Peter Shaffer bringdiscussionfaith Change image and share on social
