My mum told me the best time to ask my dad for anything was during sex. Not the best advice I'd ever been given. I burst in through the bedroom door saying "Can I have a new bike?". He was very upset. His secretary was surprisingly nice about it. I got the bike.

British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray!

I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.

My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group.

Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence.