Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.

—Christopher Hampton

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About Christopher Hampton

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Sir Christopher James Hampton (born 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name, and for the film adaptation. He has thrice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted...

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Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

—E. W. Dijkstra

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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired; you quit when the gorilla is tired.

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In the Fiji islands, it appears, cannibalism is now familiar. They eat their own wives and children. We only devour widows' houses, and great merchants outwit and absorb the substance of small ones, and every man feeds on his neighbor's labor if he can. It is a milder form of cannibalism.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

—Eugene McCarthy

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