I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself.
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.
The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.
He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps.
Give us this day our daily mask.
On Broadway, only the fire doors separate you from the sidewalk and you're lucky if the sound of a police car doesn't rip the envelope twice a night.