I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.
Eric IdleI 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.
Eric IdleThere'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 IdleThe 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.
Eric Idle