She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.
About Clive James
Clive James was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019. He began his career specialising in literary criticism before becoming television critic for The Observer in 1972, where he made his name for his wry, deadpan humour.
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Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it’s in Hamburger Technology.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
Whoever called snooker ‘chess with balls’ was rude, but right.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)
Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939-2019)