We all die at the end, but does that nullify everything? Would most people rather say, "I wish I hadn't been born?" Once you're born you'll have to die, now is that funny or sad?

Laughter destroys any divisions between people.

If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.

Other people, you know, put a latex rubber on, you know, to become sexually excited. There's so much I don't understand.

I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.

You go in and meet the head of BBC One and get an assurance about not dumbing down. And then, of course a few months later, he's been replaced by someone you haven't met.

The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.