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> [Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/books-are-the-key-a-book-cannot-be-accessed-from-afar-you-have-to/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

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> [The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth and then beneath the cloak of political surveillance. Now...cyberspace exists exclusively to promote commerce, gossip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/the-internet-was-supposed-to-liberate-knowledge-but-in-fact-it-buried/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

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## More by Ben Elton

> [ “\[H\]e was damned if he was going to water down his arguments simply to satisfy the preference of the mob for dogma and ignorance.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/h-e-was-damned-if-he-was-going-to-water-down-his-arguments-simply-to/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [“People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/people-in-that-crowd-want-to-make-poverty-history-but-not-if-they/)

[ben elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/we-ve-all-got-to-look-at-ourselves-start-with-yourself-that-s-all-you/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [“We've just lost our way, that's all. But what if you could give us a chance to do better? Just one chance? One single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/we-ve-just-lost-our-way-that-s-all-but-what-if-you-could-give-us-a/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/i-try-hard-not-to-preach-but-i-get-carried-away-which-is-a-mistake/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [Artists don't create society, they reflect it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/artists-don-t-create-society-they-reflect-it/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/the-earth-only-has-so-much-bounty-to-offer-and-inventing-ever-larger/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/my-advice-to-anyone-adapting-a-novel-is-that-once-they-ve-read-it-and/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [My parents were secular. I am an atheist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/my-parents-were-secular-i-am-an-atheist/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [“New York will always seem more real than anything Britain has to offer. It is strange that, although the majority of British people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/new-york-will-always-seem-more-real-than-anything-britain-has-to/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/yes-ok-farty-is-a-silly-word-i-wish-i-d-never-used-it-i-m-34-perhaps/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/i-think-it-is-very-difficult-to-legislate-for-morality/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [If I did things for the money, I'd have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/if-i-did-things-for-the-money-i-d-have-done-adverts-in-the-1980s-when/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [“To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/to-positively-discriminate-in-favour-of-groups-that-have-been/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

> [You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/you-re-mugging-old-ladies-every-bit-as-much-if-you-pinch-their/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

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