I dont know whether you’ve ever looked into a miner’s eyes for any length of time, that is. Because it is the loveliest blue you’ve ever seen.
ALAN BENNETTYour whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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You don’t put your life into your books, you find it there.
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Books are not about passing the time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.
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I write plays about things that I can’t resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.
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There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world.
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Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.
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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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If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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One reads for pleasure…it is not a public duty.
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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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You always know when you’re going to arrive. If you go by car, you don’t. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.
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My films are about embarrassment.
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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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Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.
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What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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