If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.
Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare. - Alan Ayckbourn
Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.
- Alan Ayckbourn
A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde… - Alan Ayckbourn
A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde…
He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. - Alan Ayckbourn
He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.
The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa. - Alan Ayckbourn
The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.
What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the house genuin… - Alan Ayckbourn
What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the house genuin…
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in… - Alan Ayckbourn
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in…
I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to… - Alan Ayckbourn
I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to…
There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much. - Alan Ayckbourn
There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race. - Alan Ayckbourn
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race.
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