I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.

The world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don't care what you think.

I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do.

Never trust people who've only got one book.

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

I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I'm where I belong.