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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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.

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...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

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...

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an...

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an...

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...

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

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.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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 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...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

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...

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...

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...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...