Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.

Quote by Stephen Fry

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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...

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...