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“First published in 1956, 'Rum Doodle' is a parody, I suppose, of the old-school mountaineering books of the time.” quote by Tim Key — Download Open image

“First published in 1956, 'Rum Doodle' is a parody, I suppose, of the old-school mountaineering books of the time.”

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Any columnist will tell you that sometimes the well runs dry.

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Ever since I was able to consume entertainment, radio has been one of the main things I've devoured.

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If I'm writing a radio thing that's narrative, it's quite nice to stop for an hour and write a load of garbage that I…

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The bath, for me, was always a place to relax, to retreat from the hell of modern-day life. A sanctuary.

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Doing a new show is just so much pressure. I saw a magazine with my face on the cover and the question 'Is this…

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Weirdly, it's much easier to write a poem than a film.

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Imminent resignation isn't a fun thing to have on your plate.

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It's vital to get something useful under your belt early doors.

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When I write poetry, I write in torrents. I have no interest in quality or finesse, only in quantity and waste. Scribble and discard,…

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Tim Vine's off the scale. Exhaustingly funny.

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My ideal Friday night is spent playing scrabble in my local in Kentish Town with a goon called Lenny. After I've won a couple…

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I try to write jokes but when I've written about four I run out. Writing my show is a very lonely place.

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that…

Karen Thompson Walker

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Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

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“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

Fulton J. Sheen

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

Christopher K. Krebs

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

Louisa May Alcott

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

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I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

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