And of course to hunt down sedition. Only paper is safe. Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar, you have to hold it, you have to read it.
BEN ELTONI loved writing ‘Two Brothers’ more than anything else I have written. It’s the first book I’ve written that I’ve always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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I did not vote Labour because they’ve heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.
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I resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we’re losing rather than a celebration of what we have.
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they’ve read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
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If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.
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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.
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I don’t know what people who I’ve never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things – but I’m proud of the fact I’ve remained close to everyone I’ve ever worked with.
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
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Comedy will always be central to what I do, it’s just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.
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You’re mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund
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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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We’ve all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that’s all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it’s just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
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