I’ve always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the press in America; how it has changed.

Nothing can make me feel better now, except cocaine.

Wow this place is really big isn't it? They must do proper stuff here, like opera and all that...shite.

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

You have to assume that you're talking to the most intelligent, tuned-in audience you could ever get. That's the way you're going to get the best out of people. Whether they know you or not shouldn't matter for comedy. They should get to know you pretty quickly. and they should be having a good time pretty quickly.

I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.

I'm quite a compulsive person-I only worked this out recently - I'm compulsive, but I'm also very indecisive. I don't know what I want, but I know that I want it now.