Author: Ian Hislop

Quotes

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

- Ian Hislop

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

- Ian Hislop

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

- Ian Hislop

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

- Ian Hislop

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

- Ian Hislop

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