Richard Curtis

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so…

— Richard Curtis

We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.

— Richard Curtis

Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there:…

— Richard Curtis

It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most…

— Richard Curtis

“Baldrick, we are about as similar as two...dis-similar things in a pod!”

— Richard Curtis

“Prime Minister: Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General…

— Richard Curtis

“Percy, you are dismissed from my service." "Me? Why, my lord?" "Why? Because, Percy, far from being a fit consort for a…

— Richard Curtis

“Why, on to the castle, to kill the royal family, and claim the throne that isn't mine by right!”

— Richard Curtis

“I have a cunning plan.”

— Richard Curtis

“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting…

— Richard Curtis

Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.

— Richard Curtis

“Baldrick: Have you got a plan, my lord? Blackadder: Yes I have, and it's so cunning you can brush your teeth with…

— Richard Curtis

It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has…

— Richard Curtis

“We're all travelling through time together, everyday of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish this remarkable…

— Richard Curtis

“It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James. But this writer, or writers, well, they're pretty damn good too.”

— Richard Curtis

I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so…

— Richard Curtis

I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if…

— Richard Curtis

“Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat.”

— Richard Curtis

I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she…

— Richard Curtis

“The verdict of this court is that the accused are guilty of witchcraft. The maximum penalty the law allows is to be…

— Richard Curtis

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

— Richard Curtis

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small…

— Richard Curtis

It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if…

— Richard Curtis

Bob Geldof feels the big picture all the time, even in the smallest argument when someone's saying, 'Well, no, you've got to…

— Richard Curtis

No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.

— Richard Curtis