No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
About John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
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There is always time for failure.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they’re not going to succeed.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)