Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough.

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago.

I'm very odd 'cause I think there's more than just a materialist planet, a materialist, reductionist planet.

The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries.