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

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.

Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is "beware". This is not a wine for drinking; this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

If you're famous, you have to [be overly generous], otherwise people say, "Eric Idle came in and only left me $4." I always tip more than people expect.

We destroy icons - that's what we do.

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