I think that I feel an indignation when I don't understand something.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.

Muslims, who have a completely different value system, come to the West, then they should accept that there are certain basic values in the West intrinsic to our culture. Just as I wouldn't suggest that any Westerner walk down the streets of Saudi Arabia in a bikini.

I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?

I can never do better than 'Fawlty Towers,' whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.

When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'.