Quotes by Alan Bennett

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

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My films are about embarrassment.

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

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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

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

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

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

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

#Alan Bennett

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

#Alan Bennett

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

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

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

#Alan Bennett