The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else.

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'

I could take an umbrella and balance it on my chin or on my foot. And I just got interested in that kind of thing. And as I played games more and more and got stronger physically, I just became more coordinated.

Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most important thing and the most rewarding thing.

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.

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?

The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.