Christopher Hampton

thumb|Christopher Hampton (2016) Christopher Hampton, CBE, FRSL (born 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his play, Les liaisons dangereuses, and his screenplay, Dangerous Liaisons, both based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Quotes Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. Sunday Times Magazine (London, 16 October 1977) The Philanthropist (1969) I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth. Don in scene 6 Masturbation is the thinking man's television. Jonathan Tales from Hollywood (1983) Brecht always liked people to be aware that they were in a theatre. I said to him more than once, but Brecht, what makes you think they think they're anywhere else? Horváth in scene 8 See also Dangerous Liaisons External links 0358960 Christopher Hampton Liaisons dangereuses Guardian Profile Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Playwrights from England Category:Film directors from England Category:Screenwriters from England Category:Translators from England Category:Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners Category:Tony Award winners Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire