Alan Ayckbourn
Title: Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Birthdate: April 12, 1939
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation: Playwright
Profile: Awarded an Olivier, Tony, and Moliere Award. Knighted in 1997.
Website: http://www.alanayckbourn.net/
Number of Quotes: 2
Salad. I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know. Have you noticed? You start one side of
your plate and by the time you've got to the other, there's a fresh crop of lettuce taken root and sprouted up.
Woe betide the man who dares to pay a woman a compliment today ... Forget the flowers, the chocolates, the
soft word - rather woo her with a self-defence manual in one hand and a family planning leaflet in the other.