Writer Quotes by Melvyn Bragg

The success of the arts has come through a mix of public subsidy, substantial private support, and good box-office receipts, but central to Labour's…

— Melvyn Bragg

“We shall fight on the beaches,” said Churchill in 1940, “we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and…

— Melvyn Bragg

Too old at 72? Careful. Ageism is out. We'll have the law on you!

— Melvyn Bragg

The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided…

— Melvyn Bragg

“It is impossible to get enough books, don't you find? But where are we without them? Just words on the wind... Not words on…

— Melvyn Bragg

I don't believe in a personal God, no. And I don't believe in resurrection as it is in the New Testament.

— Melvyn Bragg

As the 20th century unspooled, a cultural warming melted down many frozen class characteristics.

— Melvyn Bragg

I'm a Labour party supporter, but I'm also a democrat.

— Melvyn Bragg

When anybody tells you something about writing, somebody will tell you something completely different and they will also be right

— Melvyn Bragg

A lot of the novels I admire are 'admirably provincial.'

— Melvyn Bragg

My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it.

— Melvyn Bragg

I'll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries - one of the oddest I've ever done. He insisted that for half the time he…

— Melvyn Bragg

In the 40 or so years I've known David Puttnam, not only has he pursued an outstanding career in films and now politics, but…

— Melvyn Bragg

We were working class, and you don't lose that. Later on, I bolted on media middle class... and now people like me are in…

— Melvyn Bragg

Dame Barbara Cartland was an endearing eccentric, and when I interviewed her, she wanted me to listen to her dictating to her secretary one…

— Melvyn Bragg