I’m not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people.
ALAN BENNETTThat’s a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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Books, bread and butter, mashed potato – one finishes what’s on one’s plate. That’s always been my philosophy.
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Clichés can be quite fun. That’s how they got to be clichés.
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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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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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Art comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it’s in the process of imitating the voice of others that one comes to learn the sound of one’s own.
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Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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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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I write plays about things that I can’t resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.
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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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You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
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Never read the Bible as if it means something. Or at any rate don’t try and mean it. Nor prayers.
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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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It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.
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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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