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

- Ian Hislop

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

- Ian Hislop

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

- Ian Hislop

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Wh…

- Ian Hislop

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

- Ian Hislop

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

- Ian Hislop

In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they say: 'you should ban it'. No,…

- Ian Hislop

I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

- Ian Hislop

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, ver…

- Ian Hislop