She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton.'

Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code.

That's the amazing thing about life. You can just rub it out, like a blackboard, and start again.

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.

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.

Where there's a will - there's a relative!

I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career.