I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it’s a risk worth running.
BEN ELTONI try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it’s a risk worth running.
BEN ELTONSympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
BEN ELTONI resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we’re losing rather than a celebration of what we have.
BEN ELTONArtists don’t create society, they reflect it
BEN ELTONMy advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they’ve read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
BEN ELTONYes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I’d never used it. I’m 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.
BEN ELTONI find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
BEN ELTONI’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
BEN ELTONWe’ve all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that’s all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it’s just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
BEN ELTONFor the past seventeen years I have been experimenting with lager. I am a lager user and one drug leads to another. If you do lager, as night follows day, you’ll end up doing Kentucky Fried Chicken.
BEN ELTONComedy will always be central to what I do, it’s just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.
BEN ELTONThe Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.
BEN ELTONThis calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
BEN ELTONYou’re mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund
BEN ELTONI did not vote Labour because they’ve heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.
BEN ELTONLeaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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