You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.

Its not easy being a man you know. I had to get dressed today… and there are other pressures.

I have used that song ["50ft Queenie"] and I'm a big PJ Harvey fan. I think she's fantastic.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.

Adulthood feels like walking around in the desert with a bag over your head, being bumped into by people who rob you as they bore you.

Love in all its forms is very difficult ... to express. It changes, obviously. If you’re young, and you’re romantically in love with somebody, and often if you’ve just met somebody, its crazy! It’s completely overwhelming. You can’t think of anything else. You just want to climb inside the other person and live under their pancreas. And then it mellows, somewhat... to the point where you can barely look at them... without feeling a mild distaste