All Arthur Smith Quotes
- Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' Across
- The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. Colour
- About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this? Every Four
- Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office. Acting
- Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world. Acting
- After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid… Atmosphere
- An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist. Artist
- Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners. Age
- Every generation of children has its private hero. Children
- I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube. Abhor
- I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face. Age
- I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags. Academics
- I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia… Ago
- I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob… Avocado
- I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be. Armchair
- I've always been interested in art. Art
- If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s. Elderly
- It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. Appearance
- It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket. Age
- It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it. Awards