Quotes by Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton

British playwright

Lived from: 1946 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 26 january 1946

  • Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
  • I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

Quotes 1 till 7 of 7.

  • Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
    ― Christopher Hampton
    - +
     0
  • A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate
    ― Christopher Hampton
    - +
     0
  • Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
    ― Christopher Hampton
    - +
     0
  • 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.
    ― Christopher Hampton
    - +
     0
  • I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.
    ― Christopher Hampton
    - +
     0
  • 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
    - +
     0
  • To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?
    ― Christopher Hampton
    - +
     0
All Christopher Hampton famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com

Popular subjects

Popular authors

Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from Christopher Hampton?

The two most famous quotes from Christopher Hampton are:

  • "Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs."
  • "A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate"

When did Christopher Hampton live?

Christopher Hampton was born in 1946.