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Alan Bennett
English
Dramatist
About the author
We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Children
#Humanity
Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Now
#Children
We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#People
#Trying
#Community
#Rules
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Will
#Famous
#Memories
My films are about embarrassment.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Embarrassment
Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Life
#Key
Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Life
I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Land
#Sea
I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Control
#Expression
I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Mind
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Children
#Parents
Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Cancer
#Illness
If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.
Alan Bennett,
English
Dramatist
#Life