Ian Hislop Quotes

The Tories are still game, but it`s almost impossible to get anyone from Labour on. Perhaps we`ll get a few more Labour rebels now.

There`s an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

I should go on Mastermind, answering questions on the life and times of Jeffery Archer. I`d get more questions right than he would!

Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It`s conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one`s after.

I`ve seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don`t go in unless I`m convinced by the people who write them that they`re true. And if I`m wrong, then so be it.

This job certainly doesn`t win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it`s probably quite a worthwhile job.

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there`s no libel any more, that everyone`s given up.