The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.

When you are in something that you're proud of and it's funny and it's a good night out and all of those things, there's nothing quite like it. The rewards are proportionate to the amount of alarm and distress it causes you.

If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.

When you've been going on about something for a while, it is always satisfying to discover that other people agree with you.

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

One of the reasons I like a suit is because I've never been that keen on my body. The shape a suit presents is always going to be better than anything I can do.