I don't think people were that interested in what I was doing for the most of the 1990s.

I wanted to write about how people's beliefs shift.

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.

I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

If someone starts agreeing with me, I don't like it. Out of pique, I become something else.

First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.