Do your own thing. Speak in your voice.

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

You exaggerate your own reactions.

All the shy people are doomed! Natural selection favors the loud and the aggressive

You’re not going to learn anything if you’re not prepared to go flat, so I’m very happy to go flat.

Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.

It's easy to smile when you have a squirrel's intellect.