Caryl Churchill

Film & Theater England 1938 100 quotes

Feminist innovator of Top Girls, Churchill's non-linear forms offered quotable critiques of patriarchy.

Quotes by Caryl Churchill

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Cloud Nine 1979

History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.

Vinegar Tom 1976

Love without action is just a word.

Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? 2006

Theatre heals what words alone cannot.

This is a Chair 1997

Power is not in the hands of the mighty, but in the voices of the many.

Fen 1983

We live in a world of our own making.

Far Away 2000

Wit is the salt of conversation.

Serious Money 1987

Life's greatest lessons come from failure.

A Number 2002

Rebellion is the heartbeat of progress.

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire 1976

Art is the lie that tells the truth.

Love and Information 2012

Time heals, but memory scars.

Icecream 1989

Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.

Top Girls 1982

The soul is healed by being with children.

Here We Go 2015

Chaos is the prelude to creation.

Mad Forest 1990

Money is the root of all evil, but poverty is its fertilizer.

Softcops 1984

Stories are how we make sense of the senseless.

Lives of the Great Poisoners 1991

Hope is the thing with feathers, but it can also draw blood.

Escaped Alone 2016

Playwrights must challenge the status quo.

Speech 2009

Identity is a fluid thing, like water.

Cloud Nine 1979

The best revenge is massive success.

Owners 1972