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 HamptonTo seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?
Christopher HamptonI became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear, philosophers to find out what to think and novelists to see what I could get away with.
Christopher HamptonThere was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.
Christopher Hampton