Alexei Sayle Quotes

Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence.

I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary.

In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

While at The Evergreen State College, I met Doranne Crable, and she was so dynamic and adventurous that I decided on the spot to take whatever she taught.

'Fury' whetted my appetite for a bigger canvas and this idea of world creation. You can do amazing things as a filmmaker if you have the proper tools, and those are time and money.

Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy.

I don't want to ever minimize the danger of working in a mine.

Chopper Read attended a writing school I gave for inmates at Risdon Prison in Hobart many years ago. Even if I hadn't known about his hacked-off ears and his criminal history, I'd have found him powerful and compelling.

What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.

I was a hotshot as a junior. When I was 18, I really got into fiddling around. I completely lost interest in golf, and I guess all I could think about was going to college, getting married and having babies.

I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked.

I sat at the popular table, but I always felt really geeky.

Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.

He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened.

I just think of myself as a comedian, really. I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion.

We need someone to turn things around in America.

Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.