I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.

Quote by Stephen Fry

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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...

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

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.

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

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...

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.

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...

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

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...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

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...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

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...