“It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable … it's better to be quotable than honest.”

—  Tom Stoppard

Interview http://books.google.com/books?id=PubwLmgAcd0C&q="It+seems+pointless+to+be+quoted+if+one+isn't+going+to+be+quotable"+"it's+better+to+be+quotable+than+honest"&pg=PA49#v=onepage with Janet Watts that appeared in The Guardian newspaper 21 March 1973.

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