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

As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe we're more likely to give it credence, while the opposite is not true.

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

My views are heretical to people who believe in political correctness.

There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.

Sci-fi has never really been my bag. But I do believe in a lot of weird things these days, such as synchronicity. Quantum physics suggests it's possible, so why not?

All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?