'What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.'
Quotes by John Mortimer
'There's more of yourself in a book than a play. that's why we know all about Dickens and not much about Shakespeare. Ben Jonson murdered people; Marlowe was a spy; Shakespeare just sat in the corner and took notes.'
'The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.'
'I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything.'