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Christopher Hampton Quotes

born 1946 England

Christopher Hampton, CBE, FRSL (born 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his play, Les liaisons dangereuses, and his screenplay, Dangerous Liaisons, both based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

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Also known as: Hampton, Christopher

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I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

The Philanthropist (1969)

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

Masturbation is the thinking man's television.

The Philanthropist (1969)

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

Savages (1974)

Brecht always liked people to be aware that they were in a theatre. I said to him more than once, but Brecht, what makes you think they think they're anywhere else?

Tales from Hollywood (1983)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Hampton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.