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
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.
law common-sense nails
No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
There is always time for failure
war mean fighting
A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.
war mean fighting
A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.
father wife house
When... I told my father I wanted to be a writer, he had asked me to consider my unfortunate wife, who would have me about the house all day 'wearing a dressing gown, brewing tea and stumped for words'.
father thinking differences
My father, to whom I owe so much, never told me the difference between right and wrong; now I think that's why I remain so greatly in his debt.
father thinking differences
My father, to whom I owe so much, never told me the difference between right and wrong; now I think that's why I remain so greatly in his debt.