We never have that thought! The whole object is to bite off more than you can chew. John [Du Prez] always says, Eric thinks of something completely insane and insists we go in that direction. It's the correct way to look at things and the correct place to start, I think.

When I was 23 I started writing for I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and was paid three guineas for every minute's airtime.

John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.

I've always found bad films more enjoyable than good ones.

Never do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.

I like doing live things and plays. You can perfect the laugh or extend the laugh, you can get them on a roll. Versus improv, which I hate. Put it all together. They're more vignettes. Improv makes me slightly anxious because I feel for them.

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