In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.

Laughter destroys any divisions between people.

When you get to my age, and I'm 66 now, you realize that the world is a madhouse and that most people are operating in fantasy anyway. So once you realise that, it doesn't bother you much.

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

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it.

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.