I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.

I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!

News is not a game show. You don't win a car if you happen to be right.

The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler.

Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life.