Most of my work isn't directly autobiographical. It tends to be an amalgam of things I've seen and heard and thought and conversations I've had. -Ben Elton

 

Most of my work isn't directly autobiographical. It tends to be an amalgam of things I've seen and heard and thought and conversations I've had.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Ben Elton quotes in our collection. Ben Elton is known for saying 'Most of my work isn't directly autobiographical. It tends to be an amalgam of things I've seen and heard and thought and conversations I've had.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

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I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

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Most of my work isn't directly autobiographical. It tends to be an amalgam of things I've seen and heard and thought and conversations I've had. -Ben Elton
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People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

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No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

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We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother. -Ben Elton
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!

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