By the people Quote by Ian Hislop

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

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

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

— Ian Hislop

I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.

— Ian Hislop

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

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

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

— Ian Hislop

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

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

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

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

I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

— Ian Hislop