107 Quotes by John Cooper Clarke

Most cities are the same.

I've never met a happy atheist.

I love the Arctic Monkeys!

Too many memoirs focus on childhoods and it's a bit turgid.

I've had a few jobs, but if you want to be a writer, you're better off getting a job that doesn't require that you do anything.

I'm a great reader of credits; I never leave the cinema before they finish.

Literally' - I'm not having it; people can't go around saying 'literally.' Otherwise, what's literal? There's not another word for literally: if it isn't figurative or metaphorical, what is it? It's literal: there's no substitute.

I don't think 'Citizen Kane' stands more than one watch. Power corrupts. Who didn't know that?

Not everyone is prepared for fame, not even at the level I got it. One minute you're just a face in the crowd, next minute everyone wants a piece of you.