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18 quotes by Ian Hislop

Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is a British journalist, satirist, writer, comedian, broadcaster and editor of the magazine Private Eye. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes, but is best known as a team captain on the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

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

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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... →

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

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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.

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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.

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They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm... →

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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... →

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Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less... →

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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.

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I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

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I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

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It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.

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