"When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations."

-- Paul Merton

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Listening Quotes

“As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.”
“The truest interpretations are those with the best justification.”
“I write music, and I want people to listen to it and care about it and have it make some difference in their lives. When I'm fortunate for that to happen, then of course I feel very, very good about it.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.
“Negative books can be bestsellers, but seldom classics.”
“Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.”
“It takes so long to write a script, thinking to yourself, "Am I wasting my time? Am I putting everything into this thing that maybe just won't ever exist?" I always think, God, acting is so much easier. At least for acting you have the source material already.”
“Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.”

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