Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.

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

You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person.

Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.

They're a typical Hollywood audience. All the kids are on drugs and all the adults are on roller skates.

I never think in terms of target audience. I try to write what makes me laugh, so I'm the target audience. I guess I just hope there's another person in America like me.

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.