Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good

Quote by Stephen Fry

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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 happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

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...

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?

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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'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 was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

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.

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...