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Arthur Smith quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended.

Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended.

Arthur Smith quotes: When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.

When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.

Arthur Smith quotes: Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

Arthur Smith quotes: Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.

Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.

Arthur Smith quotes: Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.

Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.

Arthur Smith quotes: The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

Arthur Smith quotes: I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

Arthur Smith quotes: Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.

Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.

Arthur Smith quotes: I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

Arthur Smith quotes: I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.

I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.

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

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

Arthur Smith quotes: The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.

Arthur Smith quotes: An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.

An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.

Arthur Smith quotes: My eyebrows could do with a trim.

My eyebrows could do with a trim.

Arthur Smith quotes: My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

Arthur Smith quotes: Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

Arthur Smith quotes: Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.

Arthur Smith quotes: I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.

I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.

Arthur Smith quotes: I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.

I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.

Arthur Smith quotes: The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact.

The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact.

Arthur Smith quotes: Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.

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

Arthur Smith quotes: It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.

Arthur Smith quotes: Every generation of children has its private hero.

Every generation of children has its private hero.

Arthur Smith quotes: It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

Arthur Smith quotes: Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.

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

Arthur Smith quotes: The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.

The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.

Arthur Smith quotes: I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

Arthur Smith quotes: It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket.

It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket.

Arthur Smith quotes: About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?

About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?

Arthur Smith quotes: Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.

Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.

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

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 quotes: The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

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

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

Arthur Smith quotes: Obviously I am not bothered about men's fashion - is anyone, apart from Jonathan Ross?

Obviously I am not bothered about men's fashion - is anyone, apart from Jonathan Ross?

Arthur Smith quotes: After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.

After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.

Arthur Smith quotes: I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be.

I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be.

Arthur Smith quotes: I've always been interested in art.

I've always been interested in art.

Arthur Smith quotes: If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk happy for a long time, fall in love; happy forever, take up gardening.

If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk happy for a long time, fall in love; happy forever, take up gardening.