Suggesting I hate people with religion because I hate religion is like suggesting I hate people with cancer because I hate cancer.

Do this or you’ll burn in hell.

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

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.

Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is - a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.’ You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.

My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's going straight, which shows you prison does work.