We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

Quote by Alan Bennett

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I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks...

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks...

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The...

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The...

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to...

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to...

Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody...

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody...

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was...

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was...

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their...

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their...

Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.

Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their...

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their...

My films are about embarrassment.

My films are about embarrassment.

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey...

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey...

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at...

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at...

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at...

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to...

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...