Ben Elton

I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous. ”

My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again! ”

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value. ”

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi. ”

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring. ”

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish. ”