I wish they were like the White Rhinosix of them left in the Serengeti National Park, and all males.
ALAN BENNETTOur perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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It’s the one species I wouldn’t mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth.
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To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less…selfish.
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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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In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.
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Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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You don’t put your life into your books, you find it there.
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My school was a state school in Leeds and the headmaster usually sent students to Leeds University but he didn’t normally send them to Oxford or Cambridge.
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The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you.
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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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Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader’s imagination as the characters in their books.
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The thing I think about is that once you’ve done it, you then start to think about what you’re going to do next.
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