There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people who write Python and five or six who act it. That's what makes it unique.
Eric IdleNever do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.
Eric IdleWhen we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy. It was all writing and performing. You wrote something in order for you to perform it.
Eric IdleThere's animals like us existing and thinking and giving interviews on Australian television.
Eric Idle