If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not then marriages would be truly made in heaven. – Ben Elton
Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. – Ben Elton
I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition – and I have never suffered from it. – Ben Elton
People who get through life dependent on other peoples possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. – Ben Elton
In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owners mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world. – Ben Hecht