You can laugh at somebody because they are innocent, and because they are naive or they are about to walk into a wall, but if somebody's giving you stuff, if somebody's talking, giving you their take on things, what makes you laugh, generally speaking, is going to be somebody who is telling it in an angry way.

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I’ll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

You know what you are? You're a beard with an idiot hanging off it.

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.

I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme.

Men look at breasts the way women look at babies. 'Aw, isn't that lovely?'

Paper acts as an eraser on the mind, as soon as you look at what you've written.