I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.

The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.

We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.

If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.

Normally you can't hear you're own voice because you're talking over it.

I've been on the planet for 40 years now, and I'm still none the wiser as to what it's all about really. I've never worried about life's big questions. People at my age sit about pondering, 'Why are we here?' The only time I ever asked myself that is when Suzanne booked us a surprise holiday to Lanzarote.