Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
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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.
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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 see dull people as projects … to be reformed
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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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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You’re mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund
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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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You think I look like a teletubby?
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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 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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The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
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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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This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
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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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