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.
BEN ELTONI think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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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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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’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
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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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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 think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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You think I look like a teletubby?
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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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The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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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 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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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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