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Alan Bennett

b: Leeds, England, May 9, 1934

English. Dramatist. Wrote plays Beyond the Fringe, 1960; The Madness of George III, 1991.

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

I am all in favour of free expression as long as it's kept rigidly under control.

I saw somebody peeing in Jermyn Street the other day. I thought, Is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply somebody peeing in Jermyn street?

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

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

Life is rather like a can of sardines: we're all of us looking for the key.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

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.