Alan Bennett Quotes
'I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.'
'If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.'
'Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.'
'We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.'
'Most people perform well in a crisis - when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when no-one is looking, that the spirit falters.'
'When a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour the writing is on the wall'
'The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut one knows exactly where one is'
'A public schoolboy must be acceptable at a dance and invaluable in a shipwreck'
Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire
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