7 Quotes & Sayings By Patrick Marber

Patrick Marber was born in London in 1955. He has written several plays including Closer, which was nominated for six Olivier Awards, and the award-winning musicals The History Boys, The Play What I Wrote, and Closer. He has also written the screenplays for the films Closer, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Party Animals among others. His television work includes series such as Murder in Suburbia and Cucumber, for which he won an Emmy Award Read more

His books include The Play What I Wrote (adapted into a play by Richard Bean), The Yellow Wallpaper (adapted into a film by James Watkins), The Coast of Utopia (a novel), The Trick to Life (an autobiography), A Kind of Exile (an anthology of short stories), Murder in Suburbia (a collection of short stories) and The Black Album (a collection of poetry).

We pimp our precious lives to the infernal gnashing babble...
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We pimp our precious lives to the infernal gnashing babble - Follow me! Friend me! Like me! But don't ever know me. Patrick Marber
Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They...
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Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance. Patrick Marber
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A million years ago - some hairy bastard daubed a horse on the wall of his cave, he saw it, he drew it - well done! Flash forward: 'Hello, welcome to my vlog. Today I bought a plum Patrick Marber
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Larry: She doesn't want to be happy. Dan: Everybody wants to be happy. Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live. Which can be depressing. Patrick Marber
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DANWhat do you want? A L I C E To be loved. D A N That simple? A L I C E It's a big want. Patrick Marber
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I know who you are. I love you. I love everything about you that hurts. Patrick Marber