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

I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.

The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.

I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.

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

An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.

I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art.