Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

I was so poor for so long that I didn't use anything. I didn't drive cars, I didn't eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I've been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven't caught up with my youth.

I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

I'm the audience's representative on earth.