I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.

I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like?

All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

I would recommend that anyone who wants to do comedy on TV to do radio first.