Maybe the memory does play tricks. Increasingly, I'm thinking, 'What was their name? I knew that name yesterday.' I think that's what happens. At some point, I'll forget that I ever worked with Peter Cook, I suppose, and Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.

In the course of an average lifetime anyone growing up in a house with such a clock will hear the tune over a million times.

I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on.

Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets.

I wish I had a dime for every dime I have.

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.

Maybe the memory does play tricks. Increasingly, I'm thinking, 'What was their name? I knew that name yesterday.' I think that's what happens. At some point, I'll forget that I ever worked with Peter Cook, I suppose, and Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.