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

Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.

We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately spend most of their time in the closed mode.

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

I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!

Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a mistake.