My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.

Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.

I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.

Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.

I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so snide and competitive and not very nice.

I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.