Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson is an English director, screenwriter, novelist and actor. He is arguably most famous for writing and directing the cult classic Withnail and I (1986), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the 1960s, which drew on his experiences as 'a chronic alcoholic and resting actor, living in squalor' in Camden Town. He is married to Sophie Windham, children's author and illustrator, and has contributed to some of her books. A book of interviews with Robinson, edited by Alistair Owen, is published as
Smoking in Bed: Conversations with Bruce Robinson
“We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.”
Bruce Robinson
“He didn't like religion, hadn't liked it for years, but he adored churches, loved them like old scientific instruments whose time is long past but are nevertheless fascinating and strange.”
Bruce Robinson
“BALLS! We want the finest wines available to humanity. We want them HERE, and we want them NOW.”
Bruce Robinson
“Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.”
Bruce Robinson
“We've gone on holiday by mistake”
Bruce Robinson
“But this time of the year she was in her vaults, underground, and here she resided alone, spending most of her life in darkness, like a tongue”
Bruce Robinson
“I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.”
Bruce Robinson