I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
BEN ELTONThe worst thing about being a great power is when you’re not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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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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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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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.
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Kingsley watched her disappear from the room, wondering if his heart would break. Logic informed him that of course it would not. The heart was no more than a muscle, a pump which distributed blood about the body.
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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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I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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If I did things for the money, I’d have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and ‘Police Academy 6,’ which I was asked to write.
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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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 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.
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The worst thing about being a great power is when you’re not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
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I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition – and I have never suffered from it.
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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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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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