Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.

I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things - but I'm proud of the fact I've remained close to everyone I've ever worked with.

For the past seventeen years I have been experimenting with lager. I am a lager user and one drug leads to another. If you do lager, as night follows day, you'll end up doing Kentucky Fried Chicken.

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.