Ben Elton Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.”

“I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.”

“I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.”

“People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.”

“Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.”

“I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things - but I'm proud of the fact I've remained close to everyone I've ever worked with.”

“No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.”

“I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.”

“I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.”

“The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.”