"I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything."

-- Val Guest

#Jobs Quotes #Writing Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“he could transform the barest incident into a thing of curve and contour.”
“It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.”

Source : Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”
“As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.”
“The want of occupation is no less the plague of society than of solitude.”
“If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man's outward actions â€“ if he continues to be just a snobbish or spiteful or envious or ambitious as he was before â€“ then I think we must suspect that his 'conversion' was largely imaginary.”
“I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record”
“All people here have political rights, social rights, rights to employment, and no one should face discrimination, but our strategic choice is for traditional families, healthy families and a healthy nation. One does not exclude the other and does not hinder the other. I think this is a balanced approach and is entirely the right approach.”
“Formatting is no substitute for writing.”

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