Why do I even dare to think I could dream I could imagine I could hope?!

Tequila? It's not even a drink. It's a way for having the cops around without using a phone.

Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a talk-off

Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.

You're talking to a modern, nice, affable German person and they're saying to you something like 'You know, vell, it's a critical time now for Germany within Europe, also globally, economically ve are pretty good, ve have been better. But ve are very vibrant in the theater and arts...' and all the time you'll be listening to this, you're thinking Mmm, yeah, mmm... Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler.

When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other times, though, it's like fishing.

As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.