Every generation of children has its private hero.

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

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.

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

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

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.

My eyebrows could do with a trim.