I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.

The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

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

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

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.

The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?