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Alan Bennett Quotes

Alan Bennett quotes

English Playwright May 9, 1934

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Alan Bennett quote: "I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets..."
I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none. Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I..."
I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out. Alan Bennett
A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot. Alan Bennett
It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined. Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty."
One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty. Alan Bennett
[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up. Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting."
Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass..."
Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now? Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore."
Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore. Alan Bennett
All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on. Alan Bennett
...But what is it all about, what am I trying to do, is there a message? Nobody knows, and I certainly don't. If one could answer these questions in any other way than by writing what one has written, then there would be no point in writing at all. Alan Bennett
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "She wasn't wholly infatuated, though she liked the way he..."
She wasn't wholly infatuated, though she liked the way he looked; but, so too did he and that unfatuated her a bit. Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a..."
History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so. Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett quote: "History is just one fucking thing after another."
History is just one fucking thing after another. Alan Bennett

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