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I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Cruel Humour Ideas Kind Quite Random Really Sense Springs Therefore Think World I Think

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As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Comic Death Go Grind Something Try Works You

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If sitcoms were easy to write, there'd be a lot of good ones, and there aren't.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Easy Good Good Ones Lot Sitcoms Were Write

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I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Common Cracking Going Hyper Idea Jokes Me Meet Notion People Someone Soon Suppose Time Who

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I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age but they just seemed to keep moaning about stuff.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: About Age Both Characters Just Keep Lead Liked Making Moaning Novels Seemed Stuff Them Tried I Tried

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I would say I was still a Marxist - which is not to be confused with being a Communist. Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Anything Anything Else Being Better Communist Confused Despite Else Explain Flaws Marxism Marxist Material Material World Say Seems Still Than Which World Would

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Most of the Communists I knew were nice people.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Communists Knew Most Nice Nice People People Were

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But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: Belief Central Communist Communist Party Cults Down Down The Road Elimination Fanaticism Led Mass Nuance Party Road Slowly System Very You

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I always thought communism was crap, really.

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Topics: Always Communism Crap Really Thought

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I feel really ambiguous about the psychology of people trying to do good in the world.

~Alexei Sayle

Topics: About Ambiguous Feel Good People Psychology Really Trying World I Feel

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Comedian

Born: August 7th, 1952

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