I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.

Pattycake, pattycake, baker's man; good morning, madam, I'm a psychiatrist

Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.

The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be this wonderful historical irony. When the people on Mars write a declaration of independence saying, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident...', the US will be rather pissed off.

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

Monty Python only became valuable when it was sold to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in America. They didn't pay much either, but the series has been shown repeatedly, which led to lucrative tapes, CDs and DVDs.

Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not.