Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got.

I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You're saying I'm not as good as the greatest storyteller ever. Boo! Boo! I think I can live with that.

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.

I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life.

You now have the least amount of time you've ever had, to do everything you've ever wanted to do. Enjoy your life. You only get one

We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.