John Mortimer
John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1923
children people childhood
Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age which is cursed by the desperate need to cling to some finger-hold halfway up the mountain, to conform, not to cause trouble, to behave well....
years lunch pigs
On the three pigs he and his wife own: "We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and has always been very fond of pigs. Of course, they are for eating, which is why they are named Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. You wouldn’t want to eat Rufus, Marcus and Esmeralda.
life advice secret
The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do.
moving way accompany
Rumpole, you must move with the times." "If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them.
beauty lonely class
No power on earth, however, can abolish the merciless class distinction between those who are physically desirable and the lonely, pallid, spotted, silent, unfancied majority.
class luck middle
The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper.
writing found bores
The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.
theatre tragedy revolution
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
good thoughts
Where There's a Will: Thoughts on the Good Life.
certainly difficult involved running sacrifices
There are a lot of sacrifices involved in running and it can certainly be difficult at times,