People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.

I think you often learn from failure. Success just teaches you how great you were, but in fact it's knowing what will fail that will help you to make the right choices.

I'm not really a celebrity; I'm just vestigially left over from doing stuff from before.

If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

I used to have a house in London, but couldn't face 20 more years of St John's Wood in the rain.

You could write a joke in the pub at lunchtime and watch it performed on television that evening.

I don't like animation. I hate animation, actually.