Kingsley watched her disappear from the room, wondering if his heart would break. Logic informed him that of course it would not. The heart was no more than a muscle, a pump which distributed blood about the body.
BEN ELTONYou think I look like a teletubby?
More Ben Elton Quotes
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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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I loved writing ‘Two Brothers’ more than anything else I have written. It’s the first book I’ve written that I’ve always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.
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This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
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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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I don’t consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.
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I see dull people as projects … to be reformed
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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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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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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You’re mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund
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I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.
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You think I look like a teletubby?
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I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
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I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it’s a risk worth running.
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My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
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