My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.

I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got.

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

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

I started to make harder jokes before anyone else did. And the producers would get anxious. They'd say, 'That's a little bit hard-edged, isn't it?' And I'd say, 'Let's just try it and see how the audience reacts. If they don't like it, let's cut it out.' And the audience roared with laughter, so I learned you could do this harder humor and people loved it.

You have to create boundaries of space and then you have to create boundaries of time.

Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes.