“When the phone rings at 2.15am in the morning it's unlikely to be heralding something pleasant. What chance is there of its being good news? None. Only someone bad would ring at such an hour. Or someone with bad news.” — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“[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.” — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves” — ben elton Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“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… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“New York will always seem more real than anything Britain has to offer. It is strange that, although the majority of British people have… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
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. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
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