I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Quote by Stephen Fry

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I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He...

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He...

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally...

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing...

No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing...

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on...

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on...

To know nothing is the happiest life

To know nothing is the happiest life