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It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that you put it out there, and people are invited to like it or loathe it.

From Laura Wade

I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.

From Laura Wade

A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.

From Laura Wade

I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us.

From Laura Wade

I don't like writing with real people in mind.

From Laura Wade

I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.

From Laura Wade

'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was always the class and privilege aspect of that world that I was most drawn to. There is something endlessly fascinating about imagining something you could never be involved in.

From Laura Wade

Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.

From Laura Wade

Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really easy confidence to them that draws people to them and makes their passage though the world a little easier.

From Laura Wade

I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.

From Laura Wade

Laura Wade

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