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I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction?

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Am Creating Fiction Hours How Hundreds Impressed Lonely Long Many Meet Miserable Myself Novels Pastime Spend Very Writers

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The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Author Awe Before Book Garbage May More Stand Weighs

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If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Elderly Gentleman However Length Life Live Modern Must Radical Something Want Write You 1950S

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Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Album Before Buy Done Elton Good John Never New Out Something Sometimes Yesterday You

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Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Bad Before Done Never Something Sometimes You

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Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Book Both Entertaining Find Occasionally Prose Replace Research Sloppy Travel Vivid Where Writing

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Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Across Backwards Better Book Delusions Excellent Far My Own Own Quixote Read Than Travel Walking

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Give me the new thing and give it to me now. I don't want that old thing - I've seen it, heard it, bought it, slept with it, loved it, but now I'm bored with the old thing and I'm gagging for the new stuff.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Bored Bought Give Give Me Heard Loved Me New New Stuff New Thing Now Old Old Thing Seen Slept Stuff Thing Want

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When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Appeared Decision First Humour Introduce Laughed Olympics Swimming Tv Very

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Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Acting Demanding Job Most Painful World

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Comedian

Born: November 27th, 1954

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