People who are interested in money are really uninteresting people. They look like Donald Trump.

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.

I try to not to be a celebrity as much as possible.

No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.

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.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

Executives do not on the whole do well with comedy. They can't understand it, they can't read it, they can't spot it.