I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.

I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.

And then there was my mate who'd just been fitted with a brand new hearing aid. "It's the best in the world", he said. "What type is it?", I asked and he said "ten past twelve".

Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.

I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.

I'm a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don't eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.