I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection says something about you as a person, and certainly my books are something I'd want to pass on for future generations.

Whatever situation you are in, that is what is normal for you.

The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic towards them. They feel slightly repulsed by it.

My ex-boyfriend can round last night, which was weird because I didn't know he was in a coma.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

I pay a bit more than lip-service to health: I don't eat chips or pre-prepared food, and it might be a comedy sacrilege to admit I do like vegetables, fruit and salad and stuff.

Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.