The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity.

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

I'm a vegetarian, well I'm not hardcore because I eat meat, but only because I like the taste, and I hate vegetables on a personal level so I'm not too good!

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.

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical.

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.

[Washington] is the political capital. It's essentially a big office.