I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.