He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with … - Tom Stoppard

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He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps.

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Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter, knighted in 1997.

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He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps. - Tom Stoppard

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