It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious. Ian Hislop More Quotes by Ian Hislop More Quotes From Ian Hislop In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they say: 'you should ban it'. No, no, no, no, you don't ban it... you don't buy it. Ian Hislop daily-mail bears people Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty. Ian Hislop modesty proud pride I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever. Ian Hislop pokemon worst made 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 rest-of-your-life problem thinking The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak. Ian Hislop comedy strong weak All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. Ian Hislop lawyer given feet 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. Ian Hislop peculiar mean people I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition. Ian Hislop paid enjoy common There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You. Ian Hislop news awful television England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War I love it. Ian Hislop shells war world 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 useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one's after. Ian Hislop bars stories people 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 mother clever witty 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 film stories people You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry England, the Blitz Ian Hislop chivalry england kings No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through. Ian Hislop journalist source helping I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak. Ian Hislop belief weak trying I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever. Ian Hislop which seen worst made This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job. Ian Hislop job win you friends 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 convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it. Ian Hislop true will go people For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course. Ian Hislop thought long-time time long
