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" In the 40 or so years I've known David Puttnam, not only has he pursued an outstanding career in films and now politics, but he has been the keeper of the flame of the British film industry. "
Melvyn Bragg
Now
Career
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" In 1997, the Labour government set out to strengthen funding for the arts - and achieved it. "
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" There is an army of the informed wanting to be more informed. "
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" I was born in a radio world, and I got so much from it. "
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" Writers are looking for a story. Using your own life as the basis for a story gives it an association with reality that's a wonderful starting point. "
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" In music, the Specials brought a city, Coventry, bombed out for a second time and riven with racism, to a celebration between black and white musicians and their music. "
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" Few places on earth have been as affectionately alchemised into literature as the Lake District. "
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" We start out as sand and soot out there in the universe, and who knows, in 40 trillion years' time we might come back. But if we come back without memory, it doesn't really interest me. "
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" In the 1990s, from the estates of Scotland came the phenomenon of Irvine Welsh. 'Trainspotting' demanded its place not only in the high ranks of contemporary fiction but as a describer of a Britain that literally and metaphorically was in a deep mess. "
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" I'm addicted to 'Game Of Thrones.' "
Melvyn Bragg
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" There are two big beasts in the arts: the BBC and Sky Arts - challenging, leading the way. "
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" Sometimes, you're just moved by people's journeys. "
Melvyn Bragg
Just
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" Too old at 72? Careful. Ageism is out. We'll have the law on you! "
Melvyn Bragg
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" I was the only BBC graduate trainee in 1961 interested in arts broadcasting. I knew I wanted to write, and I had to make a living. "
Melvyn Bragg
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" In an arts programme, my job was to go where the talent was. And the talent was in popular culture. "
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Where
Culture
" I don't want closure, I don't know what that means or why you would want it. "
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Want
Know
" I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty and doubt about it, which I understand and share, but there are certain things you just have to acknowledge. "
Melvyn Bragg
You
Doubt
Got
" To give religion two minutes a day, in its own space, isn't exactly selling general morality or atheism short. "
Melvyn Bragg
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Space
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" My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it. "
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" I enjoy writing. Would I rather be playing golf? No. Would I rather be fishing? No. "
Melvyn Bragg
Golf
Enjoy
Fishing
" We were working class, and you don't lose that. Later on, I bolted on media middle class... and now people like me are in the House of Lords. "
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Me
You
People
" I wanted 'The South Bank Show' to reflect my own life and that of the team around me; to stretch the accepted boundaries and challenge the accepted hierarchies of the arts; to include pop music as well as classical music, television drama as well as theatre drama, and high-definition performers in comedy. "
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Life
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" I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck. "
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" A lot of the novels I admire are 'admirably provincial.' "
Melvyn Bragg
Admire
Novels
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" I don't feel inferior in the slightest to anybody - or superior to anybody, let's get that clear. But I do feel different. "
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" Magna Carta has become totemic. It is in the comedy of Tony Hancock, in the poetry of Kipling, never far from the front pages in a constitutional crisis. "
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" I do think the BBC could do more, but I've always thought the BBC could do more - I think there should be more arts programmes full stop. "
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Always
" In a sense, Bond ousted the cowboy as the screen hero, and Ken Adams replaced the horse with technology. "
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" I've been writing since I was 19. "
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