I see dull people as projects … to be reformed
BEN ELTONArtists don’t create society, they reflect it
More Ben Elton Quotes
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We’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.
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I’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
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I 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.
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My 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!
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I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition – and I have never suffered from it.
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I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
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If I did things for the money, I’d have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and ‘Police Academy 6,’ which I was asked to write.
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This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I’ve made a great living doing the things I want to do.
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Comedy will always be central to what I do, it’s just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I’d never used it. I’m 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.
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People who get through life dependent on other people’s possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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