Writers tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

We learnt a lot because we got in with real choreographers who tell you what they need from a song, because a song has to advance the story. Then real directors like Mike Nichols tell you where you can have 'B themes' and 'C themes', and we go oh yes, B themes and C themes! So we were taught in the finest school amongst the finest people. And also by the school of experience.

I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for about 50 years I've had comedy.

My wife, Tania, is very big on dogs, so I'm always paying out to animal charities.

No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.

I don't invest in the stock market, but I have pension funds - some in America and the UK.