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Quotes by British Authors
"Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament."
"You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home."
"I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive."
"Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness."
"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."
"We didn't just want to go out and do that whole greatest hits thing."
"The stuff you bring back from dreams is free."
"A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."
"Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics."
"The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time."
"Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column."
"You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up."
"There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty."
"It looks like a one man show here, although there are two men involved."
"We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs."
"I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good."
"The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare."
"Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye."
"Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs."
"Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?"
"People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!"
"Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out."
"The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product."
"The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost."
"Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record."
"I was so incensed that I was oblivious to all as I ran over broken glass, holding a five-foot weightlifting bar. The glass tore the soles of my feet as I chased the gang's car up the street. I remember breathing heavily as I cursed failing to catch my enemies."
"These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing puts a horse so much upon his haunches, and consequently makes him so light in hand, as my new method of the pillar."
"I do like to work on a Marvel method, so if I've got the opportunity, and the writer is happy to do it, I like to have a writer detail what happens on a page, but not saying what happens in every scene."
"Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters."
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