Humphrey Carpenter

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Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.


— Humphrey Carpenter


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I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it?


— Humphrey Carpenter


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The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.


— Humphrey Carpenter


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R. A distinguiHumphrey Carpenterd broadcaster he began his career at BBC Radio Oxford as a presenter and producer where Carpenter met his future wife Mari Prichard (whose father was Caradog Prichard the Welsh novelist and poet); they married in 1973. He also founded the Mushy Pea Theatre Group a children's drama group based in Oxford which premiered his Mr Majeika: The Musical in 1991 and Babes a musical about Hollywood child stars.

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer writer and radio broadcaster.