10 John Mortimer Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Mortimer

English Novelist

Born: Apr 21, 1923

Died: Jan 16, 2009

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Related authors: Aldous Huxley Charles Dickens E. M. Forster J. R. R. Tolkien Thomas Hardy William Golding William Makepeace Thackeray

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself. John Mortimer

Yourself Writing Validity Rule Bore Only Any Found

My father was the doyen of the divorce barristers. He was an extremely erudite and very famous divorce barrister. So that, when I was a little boy in the nursery, instead of a story like 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' I used to get 'The Duchess and the Seven Correspondents.' John Mortimer

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There are lots of similarities between being a writer and a lawyer: to tell a story to a jury, hold their attention, make them laugh, make them like you. But what makes being a barrister less satisfying than being a writer is, finally, that it's about what someone else wants you to say. John Mortimer

You Lawyer Else Finally Say Laugh Tell About Someone Similarities Writer Attention Between Like Make Makes Lots Than Jury Being Hold Wants Story Them Less Satisfying

If you're an actor, you get your eyes put out; you get everything done to you. John Mortimer

You Eyes Everything Out Put Get Done Your Actor

I think being dead isn't any problem. It's the process of dying which is quite off-putting. John Mortimer

Problem Think Dead Any Quite Being Dying Process Which

The hardest thing is to write a play, because you have to hold their attention for two hours, and if you let them go for five minutes, they're gone for good. John Mortimer

Good You Gone Minutes Write Attention Hours Because Go Five The Hardest Thing Hold Them Play Hardest Hardest Thing Thing Two

There is always time for failure. John Mortimer

Time Failure Always

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