I see dull people as projects … to be reformed
BEN ELTONYou think I look like a teletubby?
More Ben Elton Quotes
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The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.
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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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The worst thing about being a great power is when you’re not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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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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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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Beyond love, beyond unrequited love, perhaps even beyond any other passion known to humanity, deep, deep in the depths of the turgid, clinging, swamplike pit of despair that lies dormant within every soul, lurks JEALOUSY.
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I don’t know what people who I’ve never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things – but I’m proud of the fact I’ve remained close to everyone I’ve ever worked with.
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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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I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.
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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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Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.
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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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