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Interviewer: Have you read any fanfiction based on your books (The Liar, Making History)? Does it feel pleasant when somebody is impressed by your books deep enough to take your characters and start playing with them or it disturbs you on some level?
Stephen Fry: I haven't read any, but I think it's a great compliment. I know J. K., Rowling finds some of the Harry Potter "slash" fiction a bit disturbing, but that's different, I suppose.
Interviewer: I guess, everybody who reads Harry Potter books thinks about his or her House in Hogwarts. Where do you think you’d belong if you were a Hogwarts student? I don’t think it’s an easy question, because you’ve certainly got Slytherin’s ambitions, Ravenclaw’s brains, Hufflepuff’s ethics and Gryffindor’s courage. But still, what is your choice?
Stephen Fry: I'm not sure I'm brave enough to be a Gryffindor or serious enough to be a Ravenclaw. I have always characterised myself as a Hufflepuff...
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“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.”
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drunkenboat: _ Yes, dear God, yes, that’s exactly it! What oft was thought but ne’er so well expressed. symphonyno2inem: -Leonard Bernstein
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ListenEveryday is Like Sunday - Morrissey
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“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which...”
– Plato: The Republic (via fuckyeahphilosophy) (via drunkenboat)
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What are you currently reading? The French Lieutenant’s Woman - John Fowles, Nati Due Volte - Giuseppe Pontiggia Ask me anything, deary.
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What is your dream QI panel? Must include Alan. Oscar Wilde, Morrissey and Robin Williams (Yes, wild options) Ask me anything, deary.
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“i rarely shave, and i thought this was a lovely time to do some feminine...”
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“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”
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