Alan Bennett Quotes

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.