They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still want to pen their saga untrammelled by life-threatening activities like trailing round Sainsbury’s, emptying the dishwasher or going to the nativity play.
ALAN BENNETT
If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that’s it really: I’m taking the pith out of reality.
![Alan Bennett Quote - I think the writer’s quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas [Hynter] who, besides being the director, is also director of the National Theatre is, I’d have thought, slightly more risky.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/i-think-the-writers-quite-low-down-in-the-hierarch-683x1024.jpg)
