Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal,… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
