--- title: "1 Think Written Quotes By Ben Elton" description: "1 Think Written quotes by Ben Elton. Plus more from Ben Elton and more Think Written sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ben-elton-12329_facts_i-don-t-know-what-people-who-i-ve-never_2497399.png" --- > [I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things - but I'm proud of the fact I've remained close to everyone I've ever worked with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/i-don-t-know-what-people-who-i-ve-never-met-think-about-me-some-have/) [Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ben-elton-12329_facts_i-don-t-know-what-people-who-i-ve-never_2497399.png) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-written/ben-elton/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Written Quotes By Ben Elton", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. 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