John Mortimer Quotes

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

- John Mortimer

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

- John Mortimer

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

- John Mortimer

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

- John Mortimer

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

- John Mortimer

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

- John Mortimer

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

- John Mortimer

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

- John Mortimer

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

- John Mortimer

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

- John Mortimer

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed.

- John Mortimer