Ian Hislop Quotes

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• All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
• I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.
• No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
• There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
• You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry…
• I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
• 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.
• I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
• It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.
• The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.
• 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…
• 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 in…
• 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 it's…

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