Personally, I’d never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.
STEPHEN FRYYou can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
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An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
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But if one could go back in time, I’d love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who’s one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in ‘Rio Bravo’.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
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I think the fact that I’m so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn’t be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman – I’ll kiss a frog if you like.
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Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.
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Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
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I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
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I don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.
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Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word’s full octave.
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I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country making pork pies and chutneys and never have to poke my head out of the parapet.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it’s always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It’s a wonderful journey to take.
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