Now I tell you the downside of this is you feel awful, but the upside is you feel terrific.

The garden of Eden was a boggy swamp just south of Croydon. You can see it over there.

The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the eyes follow you around the room.

I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.

All right, you great git, you've asked for it. I'll cover the world in Tastee-Freez and Wimpy Burgers. I'll fill it with concrete runways, motorways, aircraft, television, automobiles, advertising, plastic flowers, frozen food and supersonic bangs. I'll make it so noisy and disgusting that even you'll be ashamed of yourself! No wonder you've so few friends; you're unbelievable!

You realize that suicide's a criminal offense. In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.

Playing rugby at school I once fell on a loose ball and, through ignorance and fear, held on despite a fierce pummelling. After that it took me months to convince my team-mates I was a coward.