David Walliams Quotes

It was impossible to sleep. Anxiety stopped me from falling asleep; depression woke me up.

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

I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again, I'd feel confident that I'd still have made my mark in some way. But maybe the self-loathing bit is the element that makes you strive for more. Makes you strive to be better.

I have always liked shows that have laughter in them.

I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing.

I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'

I don't get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.

All human life can be found in an airport.

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.

We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.

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

I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.