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

One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.

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

Job was what you'd technically describe as a loony.

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.

I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could have very well done without.

Everything I've ever told you, including this, is a lie.