When I was 23 I started writing for I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and was paid three guineas for every minute's airtime.

At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.

When, in 1966, I progressed to The Frost Report, I was paid ten guineas a minute. I was guaranteed three minutes a week, so this was good money.

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

I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.

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

Everybody has their own free choice to do what they want.