Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
fans last takes whatever year
They were all fans of the show last year - and they come in and do whatever it takes to win.
years four looks
About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?
strong years punishment
I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.
advice appalled leave lists pretension summer suspicious terrifying time year
It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates.
ended later lunch point unless week
I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at one and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.
brutally last time until versus
This time it was much more intense. Last year, the contestants were kind of 'us versus Gordon' right up until the end - this was brutally competitive right from the beginning.
author weighs
The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.
doubt few provides time
The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact.
bad
Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.
Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.
appeared humour introduce laughed
When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics.
admiring reader review savage
A savage review is much more entertaining for the reader than an admiring one; the little misanthrope in each of us relishes the rubbishing of someone else.
hours impressed meet pastime spend writers
I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction?
dies
When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.