Books are not about passing the time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.
ALAN BENNETTYou go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.
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[talking about the Holocaust] ‘But to put something in context is a step towards saying it can be understood and that it can be explained.
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Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am not listed. I should probably come under Soft Centre.
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I bet Tom Stoppard doesn’t have to do this’ or There is no doubt David Hare would have deputed this to an underling.’
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But then books, as I’m sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action.
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Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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I don’t talk very well. With writing, you’ve time to get it right. Also I’ve found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn’t write no one would want me to talk anyway.
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Here I sit, alone at 60, Bald and fat and full of sin Cold the seat, and loud the cistern As I read the (Harpic) (Lysol) tin
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Over the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure.
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I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.
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Books are not about passing time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.
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The days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that’s it really: I’m taking the pith out of reality.
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No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.
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