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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.

Ben Elton

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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Book Brother Writing
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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Blood Heart Men
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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Believe Groups Looks
I’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
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Criticism Easy Inspiring
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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Being Love Lucky Writing
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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Done Made Want
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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Silly Stupid Wish
I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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Difficult Morality Thinking
You think I look like a teletubby?
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Looks Thinking
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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First Little People
The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.
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Hippie Self Thinking
Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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Artist Crete Reflect Society
Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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Leader Looks Trying
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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Beens Comedy Instinct
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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Mistake Risk Running
You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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Dream Gears Wake Up

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