There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark

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.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git.

I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically.

It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.