Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion. You must take people as they come. Remember, too that though you will generally know more about the condition than the patient, it is the patient who has the condition and this if nothing else bestows on him or her a kind of wisdom. You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.
Alan BennettHistory is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.
Alan BennettGod doesn't do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, "Can I be excused the Crucifixion?" No!
Alan BennettArt comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it's in the process of imitating the voice of others that one comes to learn the sound of one's own.
Alan Bennett