Best Milligan Quotes & Sayings

The most difficult book I have ever read was a manual on the use of iron bangles by A.J. Thompson. — Spike Milligan

'The Names' is planned as a nine-part series. I have a kind of road map: I know the final scene of episode nine. But as to exactly how we get there, what detours or horrible accidents we might have to pass through, I like to keep that a little fluid. — Peter Milligan

I'm working on a new creator-owned series for Vertigo called 'The Discipline.' — Peter Milligan

VAMPIRES EAT KOSHER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. — Michael P. Milligan

I have a body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge. — Spike Milligan

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke. — Spike Milligan

Over at Marvel, I have a five-part series coming out very soon. The books or chapters will appear weekly. It's called '5 Ronin' and features some iconic Marvel heroes as you've never seen them. — Peter Milligan

There are holes in the sky
Where the rain gets in,
But they're ever so small
That's why rain is thin. — Spike Milligan

If a robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all heaven in a rage,
How feels heaven when
Dies the billionth battery hen? — Spike Milligan

We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong! — Spike Milligan

Venom first made his appearance some years ago in a Spider-Man book, and was a huge best-seller. — Peter Milligan

One thing we never did with 'Bad Company' was talk down to our reader. And we certainly don't do that with the new story, 'Bad Company, First Casualties.' — Peter Milligan

Everybody has to be somewhere! — Spike Milligan

Earlier today I had sex with a monkey and then roasted and ate it with a glass of choir boys' piss. I like to get in the mood. — Peter Milligan

Education isn't everything, for a start it isn't an elephant — Spike Milligan

A lot of learning canbe a little thing. — Spike Milligan

We don't have anything planned, so nothing can go wrong. — Spike Milligan

The first 'Bad Company' was a kind of reaction to the Vietnam war - or at least a reaction to how Vietnam had entered the cultural life through films and books. — Peter Milligan

There's a lot of sex. But it isn't about sex. — Peter Milligan

A sure cure for seasickness is to stand underneath a tree. — Spike Milligan

Pakistani Dalek: Put him in the cur-ry — Spike Milligan

If you kill me, I promise you - you will never take me alive. — Spike Milligan

Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy. — Spike Milligan

I cannot stand being awake, the pain is too much. — Spike Milligan

We were making love in the back of a truck and we got carried away. — Spike Milligan

'Red Lanterns' is obviously about rage, but more it's about how rage affects people - alien and human. I'll be getting into the characters of some of those insane Red Lanterns whom we've generally only seen spitting vomit in the background. — Peter Milligan

It's always a long goddamn story. Every time you ask anyone anything really important, it's a long story. — Peter Milligan

I'm not mad. I'm a writer. — Peter Milligan

To Harry Secombe: I hope you die first as I don't want you singing at my funeral. — Spike Milligan

This silent call you make, A silence so loud I fear the world knows it's meaning If you fill every corner of a room Where can I look? If I close my eyes the silence becomes louder! There is no escape from you The only way out is in — Spike Milligan

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. — Spike Milligan

What is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"
A Bongaloo, Son," said I,
Is a tall bag of cheese
Plus a Chinaman's knees
And the leg of a nanny goat's eye — Spike Milligan