The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest. Alan Bennett bitclassroomcountless Change image and share on social
I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out. Alan Bennett mindplayresolve Change image and share on social
I didn't even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford - apart from the fact I had fallen in love with the architecture. It certainly wasn't out of some great sense of academic or intellectual achievement. In many ways, my education only began after I'd left university. Alan Bennett academicachievementarchitecture share on social
I'd somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. Alan Bennett academicclassicenjoy Change image and share on social
Sometimes, particularly in summers in New York, I have tried to write in shorts or with no shirt on and found myself unable to do so, the reason being, I take it, that writing, even of the most impersonal sort, is for me a divestment, a striptease, even, so that if I start off undressed, I have nowhere to go. Alan Bennett divestmentfindimpersonal share on social