Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.
Alan Bennett[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up.
Alan BennettTags: reading books learning inspiration entertainment information briefing expansion
I have to seem like a human being all the time, but I seldom have to be one. I have people to do that for me.
Alan BennettOne of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.
Alan BennettMiss S. bevorzugte das pathetische Wort ‚land’ gegenüber dem üblichen ‚country’. ‚This land …’ In diesem Sinne gebraucht, ist es zwar nicht direkt die Sprache des Wahnsinns, aber doch der Besessenheit. Zeugen Jehovas sprechen ständig von ‚this land’, ebenso die National Front. Land ist gleich country plus Vorsehung – ein Land im Angesicht Gottes. Auch Mrs. Thatcher sagt ‚this land’.
Alan BennettDefinition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
Alan BennettTIMMS: I don't see how we can understand it. Most of the stuff poetry's about hasn't happened to us yet.
HECTOR: But it will, Timms. It will. And then you will have the antidote ready! Grief. Happiness. Even when you're dying. We're making your deathbeds here, boys.
LOCKWOOD: Fucking Ada.
HECTOR: Poetry is the trailer! Forthcoming attractions!
Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone.
Alan BennettI am the King. I tell. I am not told. I am the verb, sir. I am not the object. (King George III)
Alan BennettSometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.
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