Beeban Kidron Quotes

Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

We are increasingly offered a diet [by Hollywood] in which sensation, not story, is king.

Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.

The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

I am still cautiously hopeful about the potential of the Internet. But it seems that the greatest revolution in communication has been hijacked by commercial values.

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.

I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.

We have allowed a situation to develop in which it is legal for a multibillion dollar industry to own, wholly and in perpetuity, the intimate and personal details of children.